INDEX 



271 



influence of pressure on, xii 

 influence of temperature on, xii 

 reversible denatiu-ation of, xii 

 Lytechinus, 139, 142 



Melannplus, 45 



Mersalyl acid (salyrgan), 119, 122-124 

 Metaphosphate, 68 

 Metarhodoi)sin, 222 

 Methoccl, 26 

 Methyl butyiatc, 45, 47 

 Methylene blue, 49 

 Michaelis-Menton theory, 74-79 

 Microscope-pressure chamber, 112 

 Mitosis, 171 



5 MT (5-mothyl-tryptophano). 129-131 

 Muscular contraction (see also Glycer- 

 ated fibers; pressure; temperatvu'e) 



acclimatization effects on, 96, 97 



activated state (C,,) in, 84, 85, 93 



activated unit (AM^/), 83-85, 91, 93, 

 97, 101, 102, 107 



activation, 85 



active complex, 99 



active state, 99. 102, 106 



alpha process, 106 



ATP-ase, 83, 85, 86 



auricular of turtle, 97-104 



contracted state, AM^^.i', 84, 85, 91, 93, 

 107 



contraction potential, 106 



dynamic theory, 84 



Hill equation, 84, 85 



isometric twitch, 97-106 



latent period, 84, 103 



long-short states, 84 



pressure contracture, 94 



pressure-sensitive period, 102-106 



relaxing factor, 87, 89 



role of phosphorylation in, 85, 86 



seciuence of events in, 106-108 



shortening reactions, 84 



tension development, 85 



tension-temperature curves, 96 



tetanus, 84, 85, 95-97 



treppe, 98-104 



twitch, 85, 105 

 Mya arcnnria, 224 

 Mycobacterium, 69 

 Mycobacterium butyricum, 63, 65-67 

 Myocardial hypoxia, 235 



Myokinase, 66 

 Myosin, 71, 86 



A and B, 72 



ATP-ase (See ATP-ase) 

 /3-Myosin gels, 86, 93 



Narcosis, bj' hypothermia, 229 

 Narcotics, action on 



luminescence, xi-xii 



tadpoles, xii 

 Neurospora, 63, 127 

 Neurospora crai^aa. 65 

 Nicotinamide, 63 

 Nicotinamide Mononucleotide (NMN), 



61, 68 

 Nicotinamide riboside (NR), 61 

 NMN (Nicotinamide Mononucleotide), 



61, 68 

 NR (nicotinamide riboside), 61 

 Nuclear evolution, 6 

 Nucleoside phosphorylase, 62 

 5' Nucleotidase, 61, 68, 69 

 Nyctotemperature, effect on 



growth, 163-165, 167 



node formation rate, 166, 167 



Oncopcltus, 148, 151, 152, 156, 158-161 

 Oncopeltus eggs, 146, 147, 149-152, 155, 



157, 161 

 Oncopeltus fasciatus, 145, 146 

 Optical activity, 18, 19 



effect of temperature on, 19 



internal compensation, 19 



of amino acids, 1, 2, 6, 7 



origin of, 1-7 



significance in biogenesis, 1 

 Optical rotation 



and enzyme activity, 21 



changes on denaturation, 20 



relation to protein structure, 13-22 

 Osmotic pressure, 13 

 Oxygen consumption 



of insect eggs, 151, 153 



of insect larvae, 151, 157, 158 

 Ovalbumin, 11-13, 21 



Paraoxon, 53 



Partial specific volume, 14 



Pelomyxa, 119 



PEP (phospho-enol pyruvate), 87 



Perilla, 171 



