The elusive cytostatic factor in the animal egg.
While animal eggs await fertilization, their cell cycle needs to be halted. The molecule responsible for this arrest--the cytostatic factor--was first described in 1971. But its identity was not revealed until 1989, and even now questions remain about this elusive factor.
Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G5. masui@zoo.utoronto.ca
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