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. 2017 May 31;12(5):e0178645. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178645

Table 2. Methods to quantify asymmetry.

Author reports asymmetry Author reports no asymmetry 
Marker Quantitative
Threshold Based On:
Marker Quantitative
Threshold Based On:
Ratio of pixels between daughter cells  % of cells
displaying asymmetry 
Ratio of pixels between daughter cells  % of cells
displaying asymmetry 
Anti-4D2  > 1 No  NA      [35]
Dil18  1.92 **  No  NA      [28]
Sec 61α  1.2 **  No  NA      [42]
SARA  15
No  PtdIns(3)P, Rab5  3
No  [43]
SARA  1.5 68%  Rab5c, Rab 7, Rab 11  1.5
7–9%  [45]
SARA  4.81 No  NA      [46]
SARA  32 No  Rab 7, Rab 11  1.9  No  [47]
Oomp25  5.6  No  Oomp25  1.25  No  [22]
Mab48  > 90% of one of two cell regions is devoid of labelling*  0.8–11.5%  Mab48  > 90% of one of two cell regions is devoid of labelling*  0.1–0.33%
[48]
Mito GFP  3.5 **  No  NA      [28]
PGL1  1.5 No  NA      [49]
Proteoosome 20s 1.5 No        [32]

* Assumes cell is dividing.

** fold enrichment either side of spindle.

1 Ratio based on reporting of 83% of fluorescence in mother cell goes to one daughter.

2 Ratio based on reporting of 75% of fluorescence in mother cell goes to one daughter.

Thresholds were not predefined, but were those reported y the author. If multiple thresholds were reported we selected the lowest (or range).