SUBJECT INDEX 



Acetabularia, darkness on, 254 

 dinitrophenol on, 254 

 enucleation on, 3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 



23 

 phosphorus metabolism in, 12 

 ACTH {see Adrenoeorticotrophic hor- 

 mone) 

 Action spectra, 255 

 Adenosine diphosphate, anaerobic 

 glycolysis and, 94 

 inhibition of cell respiration and, 



97-99 

 rate of oxygen consumption and, 

 96 

 Adenosine monophosphate, and 



inhibition of cell respiration, 99 

 Adenosine triphosphatase activ- 

 ity, and oxidative phosphorylation, 

 86 

 Adenosine triphosphate, and amino 

 acid activation, 166 

 and anaerobic glycolysis, 94 

 and inhibition of cell respiration 



99 

 and rate of nucleic acid synthesis, 



105 

 and rate of oxygen consumption, 



96 

 as source of energy, 101 

 in cell-free incorporation system, 



164, 165 

 in enucleated cytoplasm, 4, 8-9, 



11 

 specific activity of depression by 

 radiation, 85 

 ADP (see Adenosine diphosphate) 

 Adrenal steroid synthesis, radia- 

 tion on, 45-47 

 Adrenergic blocking agents, 102 

 Adrenoeorticotrophic hormone, 



and steroid formation, 45 

 AET (see S, j3-aminoethyh'sothiouron- 

 ium-Br-HBr) 



Amino acid incorporation, and 



microsomes, 169 

 and nucleic acids, 174-182, 



196-197,210,214 

 comparison of rate of, in pro- 

 toplasts and intact cells, 187 

 inhibition by antibiotics, 179, 



180 

 inhibition by chelating agents, 



180 

 inhibition by 8-hydroxyquino- 



line, 180, 181 

 inhibition by nitrogen mus- 

 tards, 183 

 inhibition by ribonuclease, 186 

 inhibition by uranyl chloride, 



187 

 inhibitors of, 179-182, 186, 187 

 in proteins, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18, 162, 



163, 186 

 metals on, 182 

 nitrogen mustards on, 69 

 radiation on, in various tissues, 



229 

 stimulation by deoxyribonu- 



clease, 186 

 use of lysozyme in study of, 

 186 

 S, /3 - aminoethyh'sothiouronium • 

 BrHBr, on respiratory centres, 

 137 

 multiple equilibrium structures of, 

 . 123-124 

 protective ability of, 74, 121, 123- 

 124 

 Amoebae, enucleation on, 3-4, 8, 9, 

 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 23 

 phosphorus metabolism in, 12 

 AMP (see Adenosine monophosphate) 

 Anaerobic glycolysis, and effects of 

 extraneous agents, 93-95 

 in spleen, 86 

 inhibition of, 47, 48, 49, 110-111 



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