Mitotic Chromosomes: Not So Silent After All

Publication date: 23 October 2017
Source:Developmental Cell, Volume 43, Issue 2
Author(s): H.T. Marc Timmers, C. Peter Verrijzer
Mitotic chromosome condensation is believed to be incompatible with transcription. Palozola et al. (2017) now report in Science that a transcription program is maintained during mitosis and that transcriptional re-activation at mitotic exit is geared to support cell growth rather than cell identity.

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Mitotic chromosome condensation is believed to be incompatible with transcription. Palozola et al. (2017) now report in Science that a transcription program is maintained during mitosis and that transcriptional re-activation at mitotic exit is geared to support cell growth rather than cell identity.


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