Cohesin extrudes chromatin loop unidirectionally through two modes of mechanisms in human cells
Ping Wang, Lingyun Meng, Linghan Jiang, Yang Li, Jiaxiang Huang, Tiancheng YU, Haoxi Chai, Minji Kim, Xia Wang, Yijun Ruan
The paper investigates cohesin-mediated chromatin loop extrusion in human cells, revealing two dynamic modes of extrusion and showing that CTCF depletion increases extrusion activity.
bioRxiv · May 5, 2026 · PreprintGenomics