Index 



Active transport, definition of, 25, 



30, 111 

 Adenosine- 3', 5'-cyclic phosphate, 



98 

 Adenosine triphosphate 

 breakdown and transport of, 27, 



36, 63, 84-89 

 electron migrations and, 88-89 

 introduction of into red cell 



ghost, 75 

 linkage to membrane, 87-88 

 sodium extrusion and, 82-83 

 sugar transport and, 100 

 Adrenocorticotrophic hormone, 



98, 104 

 Alanine, 39, 57-59 

 Aldosterone, 95 

 Alkali metal distribution 



amino acid transport and, 25-26, 



79, 83, 86-87 

 intestinal transport and, 26, 79 

 sugar transport and, 26, 79 

 Amebae, 27, 41 

 Amino acid transport 



alanine-preferring, 58-59, 61-62 

 in bacteria, 59, 65, 92 

 in Ehrlich cell, 39, 55-65 



in erythrocyte, 39, 64 



in intestine, 39, 59, 64 



in liver, 97, 113, 116 



metal transport and, 54, 86-87 



optical specificity and, 57-58 



in placenta, 115-116 



structural specificity and, 37-39, 



54-65 

 tissue slices and, 97 

 valine-pref erring, 57-59, 61-62 

 1-Aminocyclopentanecarboxylic 



acid, 56, 65, 90, 96 

 a-Aminoisobutyric acid, 56-59, 61- 



64, 90, 96, 103-104 

 Arginine phosphate, 82-83 

 ATPase activity and transport, 81 

 "chemiosmotic" hypothesis and, 



84-86 

 mitochondrial contraction and, 



84 

 in potassium-low erythrocytes, 83 



Barrier action, 4, 11, 13-15 

 Binding, as a basis for accumula- 

 tion, 1 1 1 



2 9 



