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Scheme of the toehold-mediated strand displacement process. Note that after binding of the purple strand to the toehold region, the branching point can migrate randomly in both directions. This migration starts all over again when only the toehold region is bound but terminates once the branch has reached the left side and the purple strand has fully replaced the green strand.
