Concept
CTCF
CCCTC-binding factor, a zinc finger protein that serves as a key regulatory protein acting as a chromatin insulator and boundary of topologically associating domains.
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Oct 19
The loop extrusion model holds that the cohesin ring extrudes along DNA at a rate of about 0.5-1 kb per second until it stalls upon encountering a CTCF binding site in the correct orientation.
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