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Schematic of the target search process by a transcription factor (TF, U-shape) on a rodlike DNA. The TF diffuses in the bulk and may slide one-dimensionally along the DNA while nonspecifically bound. Eventually it reaches its target, the specific binding site placed at z = 0.
