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. 2023 Apr 19;616(7958):822–827. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05961-5

Extended Data Fig. 4. Additional examples of loop extrusion blocking, passing and direction switching upon encountering CTCF.

Extended Data Fig. 4

a–c, (Left panels) observation and interpretation illustrations of (right panels) kymographs of cohesin-mediated DNA loop extrusion encountering N-terminally oriented CTCF (cyan) labelled with Janelia Fluor 646 (JF646). DNA loops were visualized by Sytox Orange stain. Scale bar, 2 µm. (a) Growth of the DNA loop stops upon encountering CTCF at timepoints ~ 12 – 18 s, 22 – 40 s and 82 – 95 s. (b) The DNA loop continues to grow upon encountering CTCF at 31 s, and CTCF passes into the loop and translocates with it. (c) The growing loop encounters CTCF at 28 s. CTCF and the growing DNA loop move towards the lower DNA tether point, indicating extrusion on the side facing away from CTCF.