title: RUVs drive chromosome decondensation after mitosis.
abstract: Condensation of chromosomes during mitosis is required for their segregation into daughter cells but must be reversed to allow for postmitotic functions. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Magalska et al. (2014) show that the ATPases RuvBL1/2 drive postmitotic chromatin decondensation, demonstrating that this is an active process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3200, USA.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strzelecka
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3200, USA. Electronic address: bheald@berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Heald
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases