Obstacle bypassing and intrinsically asymmetric loop extrusion in the segment-capture model of Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes complexes
Lucas Dooms, Stefanos K. Nomidis, Enrico Carlon, Stephan Gruber, John F. Marko
This study shows the segment-capture model of SMC complexes can explain obstacle bypassing and loop extrusion, and proposes experiments to test the model.
bioRxiv · Jul 8, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics