Index 



279 



Molecules — continued 

 fibrillar, 267 

 folded, 28. 252 

 globular. 254. 267 

 helix, 252, 261 

 linear, 267 



number in protoplasm, 45, 46 

 organization of, 43 

 rod-shaped, 33 

 rubber. 252, 253 

 shapes, 46, 48 

 sizes, 42 

 sphere, 253, 254 



Monolayers of protein, 52, 53 

 Moore. A. R., 26-27, 34, 39 

 Mosaics, 62, 64 

 Motive force, 155, 199 ff. 



graphical representation of. 209 ff. 



measurement of, 207-208 



Motomura, I., 139, 192 



Moyer. L. S., 23, 38, 39, 85, 254 



Mudd, E. B. H.. 32, 39 



Mudd, S., 29, 32 



Muscle. 60, 128, 149 

 elasticity of, 33 



Muscular contraction. 33. 35. 36. 37. 

 149, 267 



Myelin forms, 26, 103, 104, 105, 106 



Myosin, 29, 33, 34 ff., 153, 154, 254, 262 



denaturation of, 36-37 



physical properties of, 25, 29. 33. 35- 

 37 



thixotropy of, 88 

 Myosin gels, 88. 132 

 Mytilns edulis, 151 



Myxomycete Plasmodium, 27. 173-184, 

 199 ff.. 246-249. 254-260; see also 

 slime mold 



anesthesia, 246 flf. 



as an aggregate, 258, 260 



centers of activity, 258. 259 



locomotion, 173 ff . 



microscopic structure, 182 ff . 



nucleus, 183-184 



polarity, 225, 226 



protoplasmic streaming, 199 ff ., 255 ff . 



rhythmic pulsation, 254 ff. 



sclerotium, 260 



viscosity, 184 



Naegeli, K. von, 3 

 Nakamura, T., 121 

 Nauss, R. N., 260 

 Nebel, O. R., 118, 119. 120 

 Nerve, 128 

 Nerve impulse, 149 



Neurath, H., 39 



Newtonian liquids, 85. 86. 87 



Nitrogen, 65, 75 



coordination points, 47, 53. 54, 55 



groups, 55, 58, 61 



Non-Newtonian, 210 

 behavior. 252 

 flow, 209 



Non-spherical particles 

 and rheopexy, 95 

 and thixotropy, 93 

 spontaneous orientation, 92 



Norris, C. H., 156, 249 



Northern. H. T., 32. 39, 249 



Northern, R. T., 32, 39 



Nucleic acid, 61 

 desoxyribose, 110 

 during cell division, 112 

 metabolism, 118 

 model, 68 



relation to nucleolus, 118 

 ribose, 110. 115, 118 

 role in gene reproduction, 112, 113 



Nucleic acid 

 starvation, 114 

 thymonucleic acid, 110 



Nucleolus, 118. 119, 123 



Nucleotides, 61, 66 



Nucleus 



change in volume, 115, 116 

 energic, 114, 124 

 in slime mold, 183, 184 

 nucleo-plasmic ratio, 115 

 structural differentiation, 109-126 



Oksala, T., 117 



Oleic acid, 92, 94 



Olze, A., 97 



Oncley, J. L.. 39 



Organization, 63, 70, 76, 85, 164 

 of cell, 164 

 of molecules, 43 

 on visible level. 43 



Orientation of particles 



by ultrasonics, 97 

 Ormondt, van, 267 

 Orthokinetic coagulation, 96 

 Oxide gels, 87 

 Oxygen, 65, 75 

 Oxygen groups, 54, 55, 58 



Painter, Th. S., 118 

 Paints, 92 

 Paralysis, 249 

 Paramecium, 128 



