SUBJECT INDEX 



abnormal growth, 217-265; see also sub- 

 divisions under growth, differential 

 growth 



adaptive enzymes, 18, 34-36, 102 



adrenal gland, 266-284 



adrenal gland and gluconeogenesis, 279- 

 284 



amino acids, equilibria, 5, 18 



antibiotics, 233, 234 



antibodies, 14, 18, 36-41, 181, 221, 234, 235, 

 237, 242-245, 250, 251, 282-284 



autocatalysis, 14-19, 31, 32, 254 



auxin, 61-71, 97 



auxin, mechanism of action, 66 



bacteriophage, 29, 94 



biological syntheses, 98, 100, 106-134 



cancer cell, 217-265; sec also subdivisions 

 under growth, differential growth 



carbohydrates, energy source for growth, 

 see growth, metabolism in ; glycogen, 

 synthesis 



carcinogens, 220, 229-231, 239, 243-245 



catalysis, theory of, 3-18 



cell division, 127, 128, 156-164, 171-174, 

 182, 188 



cell elongation, 69-70, 171-173 



cellular metabolism, see growth, metabo- 

 lism in 



cellular movements, see movements, or- 

 ganizational ; mass ; morphogenetic 

 movements 



cholinesterase, 208-209 



coupled reactions, 10, 49, 98 



dedifferentiation, 141, 142, 237, 238 

 differentiation, 135-186, 187-216, 218-229, 

 231, 238 



electron microscopy, 50, 52, 53, 91, 137 



energetic coupling, 97, 98 



enzymes, 3-49 



enzyme formation, 9, 17, 223, 231, 232, 239 



enzyme inhibition, 107-134 



enzymes, pepsin, 11, 20, 21, 162, 245 



enzymes, proteolytic, 177 



enzymes, radiation effects, 108, no, in 



enzymes, — SH groups in, 108, 109, 207 



enzyme-substrate complexes, 106-134 



enzymes — theoretical catalysts, 3, 4, 6, 7, 



106-134 

 enzymes, trypsin, 11, 20, 21, 87 



fats, oxidation and synthesis, 123, 124 

 fertilization, 189, 191, 199, 201 



geotropism, 63 



glycogen-syntheses, 7, 272-284 



gradients, 191, 192 



growth, 161-186, 187-216 



growth, adaptations in, 101-103 



growth, chromosomes in, 59, 149, 151, 166, 



168, I SB, 222, 224, 226, 228, 239 

 growth, curves of, 91-105 

 growth, cytoplasm in, 188, 222, 223, 232, 



239, 245-249 

 growth, environmental factors in, 93, 96, 



97. 107, 120, 147, 148, 156, 157, 164, 170, 



178, 230, 249, 250, 268, 269 

 growth, enzymotic activity in, 221, 223, 



239, 245, 275 

 growth, eye, 169-173 

 growth factors, 72-90, 94, 95 

 growth, genes in, 221-229, 236-240, 245 

 growth, genetic factors in, loi, 155, 162, 



178, 190, 221, 230, 236-240, 245-250 

 growth, hormones in, 61-71, 120, 126, 140, 



179, 180, 218, 220, 224, 251-254, 266-283 

 growth, immunological reactions in, 221, 



234, 235, 237, 240-245, 250, 251, 282-284 

 growth, inhibition of, 66, 68, 242-245 

 growth, kinetics of, 91-105, 138, 164-166, 



183, 218, 219 

 growth, microorganisms, 74, 86-88, 91- 



105, 182, 219, 225, 226, 231-236 

 growth, metabolism in, 84, 97, 98, 106-134, 



161, 206-211, 218, 229, 238, 275, 276, 



279-284 

 growth, nerve, 166-186, 192, 196, 197, 203, 



204, 206, 208-211 

 growth, nucleus in, 201, 202, 203, 227, 246- 



250 

 growth, osmosis in, 69, 70, 192 

 growth, oxidation-reduction in, 106-134 

 growth, plant, 61-71, 182, 246 

 growth, polarity in, 192 

 growth, proteins in, 57, 58, 135-186, 223, 



240, 253 

 growth, radiation effects, 130, 131, 138, 



178, 222, 224-228, 234, 239 

 growth, rate of, see growth, kinetics of 

 growth, regulatory mechanisms of, 126, 



177, 178 

 growth, site of, 166-168 

 growth, substrates for, 66, 67, 93, 100, loi, 



102, 106, 165, 279-284 



