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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Mol Biol. 2015 Jul 26;427(19):3123–3136. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.07.015

Fig. 7. Kinetic scheme for exchange of a protein between dsDNA segments.

Fig. 7

A fully bound protein (state 0) can be partially released (state 1); in this state it may interact with a second DNA segment (state 2), which binds at a concentration (c) dependent rate. Then, the protein may dissociate from either dsDNA segment; if it dissociates from the original segment, it will transfer to the second dsDNA. The final transition is considered to be irreversible since it corresponds to the protein-dsDNA complex escaping and mixing with the bulk solution.