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. 2017 Oct 23;43(2):119-121.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.10.002.

Mitotic Chromosomes: Not So Silent After All

H T Marc Timmers  1 , C Peter Verrijzer  2
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Mitotic Chromosomes: Not So Silent After All

H T Marc Timmers et al. Dev Cell. .
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Abstract

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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