INDEX 



273 



DFP action, 52, 53 



electric response, 201 



enzyme activity, 69 



latent period of retinal action potential, 



224. 226, 227 

 muscle membrane resistance, 209 

 myoplastic resistance, 210 

 nerve potentials, 196 

 protoplasmic streaming. 173 

 refractory period, 201, 211 

 retinal action potentials, 225, 227 

 rhodopsin bleaching, 221 

 sarcoplasmic resistance, 210 

 translocation, 164, 165 

 Quartz crystals, 7 



Racemase, 63 



Rana catesbiana, 175, 202 



Rana pipiens, 105, 116 



Random coil, 20 



Rate control, by diffusion, 25-27, 29-34 



Recovery, in nerve, after low sodium, 



177, 178, 189, 191-195 

 Refractive index, 14, 18 

 Retractor penis, 84, 94, 96, 105 

 Reversible denaturation (see Protein de- 



naturation, reversible ) 

 Rhodopsin, 221-223, 226, 227 

 Rhodopsin, transient orange, 221 

 Ribonucleic acid, in chemical evolution, 



2, 3, 6, 7 

 Ribose-5-phosphate, 68 



Salicylate, 52 



Salmonella typhimurium, 129-132, 134, 135 



Salyrgan (mersalyl acid), 119. 122-124 



Sartorius, 84, 96, 105 



Sea urchin egg, 93 



pressure-temperature relation of cleav- 

 age, 100 



Sedimentation constants, 14 



Self-replication, 3, 6 



Serum albumin, 11, 12, 21 



Shivering effect on O2 consumption, 259 



Sodium, effect on nerve activity, 175-198 



Sodium (low) block, in nerve, 175-179, 

 188-198 



Sodium pentobarbital, in asphyxia, 244 



Sol-gel reactions 



in cell division, 111-125 

 relation to metabolism, 118-125 



Specific refractivily, 13 

 Spinacia, 171 



Spontaneous generation of critical com- 

 plex, 5-7 

 Staphylococcus aureus, 63, 66 

 Steady-state 



kinetics of intermediates in, 40-44 



long-short, in muscle, 84 



of muscle tetanus, 95 



reactions in muscle tension, 83, 84 

 Succinoxidase, 157 

 Sucrose, 14, 26, 51, 195 

 Sulfhydryl groups, 13 

 Sulfliydryl linkages, 52 

 Synchronization, of division, 127-135 



by growth factor analogues, 129, 130 



by temperature changes, 128, 129, 131- 

 133 



in higher plants, 171, 172 

 Synchronized cell division in 



Amoeba, 128, 133, 135 



B. megaterium, 133, 134 



Neurospora, 127 



Pneumococctis, 132. 134 



Salmonella, 129-132, 134, 135 



Tetrahymena, 128, 133, 134 

 Synthetase (tryptophane), 63 



Tadpoles, narcosis of, xii 



Tartrates, 7 



Temperature adaptation, in nerve, 197, 



198 

 Temperature, cumulative effects of, 145- 



162 

 Temperature, effect on 



action current, 211. 212 



action of inhibitors, 52-56 



action potentials, 179-183, 187-196, 202, 

 210, 211 



activation of pro-enzymes, 61 



asphyxial resistance under narcosis, 

 238, 239, 244-246 



ATP-ase activity, 75-80 



auricular tension, 98 



auxin action, 163, 174 



axoplasmic resistance, 210, 213 



bacterial growth, 127-135 



bacterial luminescence, xii 



carbamate action, 139-143 



catalase activity, 38 



catalase reactions, 25, 30-32, 38-40 



