Distance between centrosomes is negatively correlated with increasing MCAK expression, as determined by Pearson correlation coefficients.
| Time after MG132 added | Cells | Correlation coefficient | P-value | |
| min | n | |||
| EGFP | −5 | 76 | 0.1399 | 0.228 |
| 20 | 115 | 0.1728 | 0.065 | |
| 40 | 73 | −0.0031 | 0.979 | |
| 60 | 79 | −0.0516 | 0.651 | |
| IPNN | −5 | 88 | 0.0879 | 0.416 |
| 20 | 123 | −0.2288 | 0.011 | |
| 40 | 75 | −0.3340 | 0.003 | |
| 60 | 74 | −0.0019 | 0.987 | |
| wtMCAK | −5 | 95 | −0.2078 | 0.043 |
| 20 | 128 | −0.6308 | <0.0001 | |
| 40 | 104 | −0.8081 | <0.0001 | |
| 60 | 75 | −0.7557 | <0.0001 |
| Time after MG132 added | Cells | Correlation coefficient | P-value | |
| min | n | |||
| EGFP | −5 | 76 | 0.1399 | 0.228 |
| 20 | 115 | 0.1728 | 0.065 | |
| 40 | 73 | −0.0031 | 0.979 | |
| 60 | 79 | −0.0516 | 0.651 | |
| IPNN | −5 | 88 | 0.0879 | 0.416 |
| 20 | 123 | −0.2288 | 0.011 | |
| 40 | 75 | −0.3340 | 0.003 | |
| 60 | 74 | −0.0019 | 0.987 | |
| wtMCAK | −5 | 95 | −0.2078 | 0.043 |
| 20 | 128 | −0.6308 | <0.0001 | |
| 40 | 104 | −0.8081 | <0.0001 | |
| 60 | 75 | −0.7557 | <0.0001 |
Pearson correlation coefficients for data are shown in Fig. 4, showing distance between centrosomes versus EGFP expression.