DNA Domains (IMAGE)

Politecnico di Milano

DNA Domains

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CTCF proteins isolate the various topological DNA domains. The study found that topological domains can be divided into two sections with specular grammatical sequences, delimited by two "barriers" and with a "reversal point" in the middle separating the right (blue) and left (red) CTCF sequences. The human genome compresses following a "grammar" logic comprising CTCF sequences, orientation, and the distance between them.

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Luca Nanni

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