Index 



Absolute rate theory, 71 



biological application, xi-xii 



in biogenesis, 4-6 



in catalase reactions, 31, 34 



in muscle processes, 85 

 Acclimatization, 97 



Acetone, activation of protyrosinase, 61 

 Acetylene, 2 

 Actin, 71, 86 



Action potentials in nerve, 175-199 

 Activated complex, 3, 4, 7, 71 



in cholinesterase activity, 46, 47 

 Activated unit (AM_,„.r), 83. 84, 107 

 Activation energy, of 



ATP-ase activity, 77-80 



catalase-H202 reactions, 25, 31 



cholinesterase activity. 47. 48, 49 



enzyme inhibitions, 52, 54, 56 



oxygen consumption, 153 

 Activation of proenzymes, 61 

 Actomyosin, 85, 92, 93, 99, 106 

 Actomj'osin gels, 86 

 Actomyosin, inactive (AMj^'), 85 

 5' Adenylic acid (5' AMP), 68 

 Alcohol, xii 



Alcohol dehydrogenase, 62, 65 

 Alternating light 



effect on pea variability, 169 



injury prevention by, 168, 170 

 Alternating temperatures, effect on 



cell division, 127-129. 131-135 



development, 149 



injury prevention, 168 

 • larval debility, 159-160 



pea variability, 169 



plant growth, 164, 168-170 

 AMjj^.i' (contracted state), 84, 85 

 AM^P (activated unit), 83, 84, 107 

 Ameiurus, 45 

 AM; , 95, 107 



AMj'^' (inactive actomyosin), 85 

 Amino acids, 1, 2, 6, 7 



automatic formation, 2 

 Amoeba, 111, 112 



Amoeba, 135 



Amoeba proleii-s, 119, 128, 133 



Amoeboid movement, 111 



AMP, 88, 89 



5' AMP (5' adenylic acid), 68 



Amyl carbamate. 187 



Anesthesia, hyjiothermic, 231 



Anisotropy, 111 



Anoxia, effect on nerve, 181, 182 



Antibodies against enzyme inhibitors, 65 



Arbacia, 112-117, 119-121, 139-142 



Arbacia lixiila, 115, 116 



Arbacia punctiilata, 113, 114, 117, 120-123 



Arrhenius relation, ix-xi, 47, 48, 76, 77, 99, 



151 

 ATP, 68, 71, 72,87,89, 91,92 

 ATP, effect on 



furrowing, 119 



gel structure, 120, 121, 123, 124 



pressure-temperature relations, 120 

 ATP, effects of, in asphyxia, 247 

 ATP-ase, 83, 85, 86 



role in contraction, 71 

 ATP-ase activity 



factors influencing, 71 



heat of activation of, 77-80 



heat of denaturation of. 77-80 



influence of Ca on. 75, 79 



influence of pH on, 72-80 



influence of pressure on, 72-80 



pH-pressure dependence, 72-75 

 ATP-creatine transphosphorylase, 87 

 Asphyxia, at birth, neurological results 



of, 230 

 Asphyxia, effects of 



adenosine triphosphate in, 247 



h.vdrogen peroxide in, 247 



hypothermia — Nembutal on, 248 



on learning, 230 



water injections on, 248 

 Asphyxia, neuronal damage from, 230 

 Asphyxia, role in cerebral palsy, 229 

 Auto oscillations, of glycerated fibers, 87 

 Auxins, 163, 174 



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