title: Easy Stress Relief by EZH2.
abstract: While we are beginning to appreciate the cellular roles played by long noncoding RNAs, the function of transcripts emerging from repetitive genomic regions remains enigmatic. In this issue, Zovoilis et al. report that the polycomb protein EZH2, upon heat shock, facilitates transcription of stress-responsive genes by inducing the degradation of the transcriptional repressor B2 repeat RNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 601 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Supriya G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Prasanth
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 601 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Electronic address: kumarp@life.illinois.edu.
authors.forename: Kannanganattu V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Prasanth
mesh_terms: D016678:Genome; D018869:Heat-Shock Response; D063151:Polycomb Repressive Complex 2; D063146:Polycomb-Group Proteins; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding
chemical_list: D063146:Polycomb-Group Proteins; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; D063151:Polycomb Repressive Complex 2