title: A JARID family demethylase controls differentiation timing through global effects on transcription.
abstract: In a recent issue of Developmental Cell, Xu et al. (2012) show that a JARID family H3K4 demethylase delays transcriptional quiescence in yeast to produce robust gametes. Similar mechanisms may alter transcriptional programs in other differentiating cell types.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JR, UK.
authors.forename: Kitty F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Verzijlbergen
authors.forename: Adele L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Marston