title: Speed reading for genes: bookmarks set the pace.
abstract: During mitosis, most transcription ceases. Mitotic gene bookmarking marks genes for reactivation to ensure reestablishment of transcription states and cell-cycle progression. In a recent issue of Nature Cell Biology, Zhao et al. (2011) investigate how gene bookmarking leads to accelerated kinetics of transcriptional reactivation after mitosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Nicole E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Follmer
authors.forename: Nicole J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Francis