INDEX 



247 



Kidney, 25, 153, 155 



Kinctin (kinin), 185, 240, 241 



Lac genetic region, 34-36, 37-39, 42 

 Lactate, 142-145, 147-149, 151, 152, 158- 



161 

 Lampbrush chromosomes, 94, 96 

 Lens differentiation, 122, 124, 125 

 Leptinotarsa, 217 

 Leucine, 72, 106-109 

 Leukocyte glycolysis, 143, 145, 155 

 Light, control by, 185, 213-224, 234-241 

 Lipid metabolism, 158, 181 

 Liyer, 77, 143-144, 147-148, 151-153, 



178, 218 

 Luciferase, 237 



Luminescence, rhythms, 230-240 

 Lysogeny, repression, 39, 43 



Macrophages, 91 



Mahicosomma americana silk glands, 107- 



109 

 Malate, 145 

 Malonate, 150, 158 

 Mannitol, 188-189, 198, 205-208 

 Metabolism, energy, 141-161, 168 



role in cell wall 'growth, 190, 197, 199- 



211 

 Methionine, 25, 70, 72, 193 

 Methyl incorporation into pectin, 193- 



195 

 Methylglyoxal, 143, 161 

 Micrococcus denitrificans, 25, 54, 55 

 Micrococcus glutamicus, 77 

 Microsomes, 88, 105, 106, 109, 144, 152, 



153; see also Ribosomes 

 Middle lamella, 196, 197 

 Mitochondria, 91, 106, 107, 128, 143-145, 



147-149, 151, 153, 157-160, 180, 



181, 218 

 Molecular mosaic, growth, 194, 195, 197, 



200 

 Mouse liyer, 152, 153 

 Muscle, 147, 151 

 Mutants, 5-19, 26-32, 34-39, 42, 44, 46- 



48, 53, 68-70, 73, 75, 82, 83, 99 



Neurospora, 3, 6-18, 25, 34, 37, 44, 48, 

 67, 90, 93, 97, 98, 105, 106, 115, 



107 OOQ 



Nitella, 191 

 Nostoc, 216 

 Nucleic acids, 42-52, 120, 181; see also 



DNA; RNA 

 Nucleolus, 91-97, 101, 102, 117, 118-120, 



127, 131 

 Nucleus, cellular, 49, 51, 88-97, 101, 102, 



106-109, 117-119, 120, 122, 125, 



127, 129, 131; see also DNA 



Oat coleoptile, 187, 188, 190, 191, 193, 



195-198, 200-211, 229 

 Oedogonium, 229 

 Operator genetic s\steni, 37, 38, 41, 43, 



50, 112, 113 

 Ornithine, 23, 41, 70 

 Ornithine transcarbamvlase, 25, 32, 33, 



37, 41, 45, 47, 48,' 53 

 Orotic acid, 70, 99 

 Osmotic effect on growth, 186-188, 199, 



205-208 

 ONOcytes, 94-96, 101, 127 

 Oxamic acid, 160, 161 

 Oxygen, depri\ ation and growth, 193, 



203-205 



psii, incorporation, 45, 89, 90, 92, 97, 99, 



115, 118, 120 

 Pancreas, enzymes, secretion, 117, 118 

 Pasteur effect, 142-155, 160, 161 

 Pectin, 192-196 

 Penicillase induction, 115, 116 

 Periplaneta, 101 

 Permeabihty to water, 187, 188 

 Permease, 24-26, 34, 37, 44, 51, 58 

 Phase control, in rhythms 



chemical, 229, 230, 235-241 



by light, 234, 235, 241 

 Phaseolus, 229, 230 

 Phosphate, 24, 25, 237; see also F-^- 



compartmentation, 145, 148, 158 



control of energy metabolism, 147-160 

 Photochemical control, 213, 214, 221-223, 



235-237 

 Photoperiodism, 214-218, 221, 224 

 Photoreceptor pigments, 213-224, 240 

 Photosynthesis rhythm, 230, 231, 237, 



240, 241 

 Phototropism, 185, 218-224 

 Phycomyces, 220 

 Pieris hrassicae, 223 

 Pigeon liver, 77 

 Pilocarpin, 117, 118, 119, 127 

 Pituitary, 119-121 

 Placenta, metabolism, 168 

 Placental enzyme, 168, 170-182 

 Plant cells 



growtli, 186-211 



RNA synthesis, 91 

 Plasmosome, 101 

 Plasticity, cell wall, 188, 192-195, 197- 



200, 202, 210 

 Potato cells, 187, 195 

 Proline, 25, 74, 77 

 Protein; see also Enzyme 



cell wall, 197 



mutant (CRM), 6-19 



photoreceptor, 216 



structure, 4^19 



