Subject Index 



315 



Incorporation of antigens by host, 

 151 

 of 32P in nucleic acids, 6, 9, 12, 196, 

 198, 204, 209-210, 228 

 Incubation medium, effect on cell 



recovery, 126-128 

 Indirect action of radiation, and 

 chromosome breaks, 248 

 on enzymes, 25, 27, 28, 34, 38, 



305 

 on nucleic acids, 76 

 protection against, 294 

 Indoleacetic acid formation, from 



indoleacetaldehyde, 52 

 Initial effects of radiation, on 



enzymes, 39 

 Ionic yield, for carboxypeptidase, 26 

 for catalase,26 

 for chymotrypsin, 26 

 for trypsin, 26 

 Interphase killing effects of radia- 

 tion, 201, 207 

 Jensen rat sarcoma, radiation on, 



196, 204, 228 

 Ketogenesis, 100 

 Ketone bodies, induced formation 



of, 100 

 a-Ketonic acids, and inhibition of 



cell respiration, 97-99, 100 

 Leukaemia, experimental treatment 

 of, 158 

 transplantation of, 160 

 Lipase, on enzyme synthesis, 188- 



189 

 Luminescent bacteria, radiation 



on, 306-307 

 Lymphocytes, and cell-death due to 



irradiation, 201 

 Lymphosarcoma, radiation on, 198 

 Lysogenicity in bacteria, induction 



of, 260 

 Lysozyme, and protoplast formation, 

 185 

 use in incorporation studies, 186 

 Mammary sarcoma, radiation on, 



198 

 Metabolic effects, enzymic explana- 

 tion of, 37 

 Metabolic processes, rates of, 92 

 Metabolism, and cytoplasmic struc- 

 ture, 3-20 

 and glucose-6-phosphate, 94 

 oxidative, and citric acid cycle, 42 

 Metabolites, transfer of, from dead 

 to living cells, 215 



Metal effects, on amino acid in- 

 corporation, 182 

 Micro -beams, 258-260 

 Microsomes, and amino acid in- 

 corporation in proteins, 7, 8, 162, 

 164, 169 

 Mitochondria, adenosine triphos- 

 phatase activity in, 86 

 and specificity of radiation effect, 



84 

 change in permeability after ir- 

 radiation, 44 

 in bird erythrocytes, 3 

 in liver homogenates, 3 

 morphological differences in, 80 

 oxidative phosphorylations, in, 3, 

 78, 86 

 Mitochondrial defect, nature of, 



84-88 

 Mitosis, inhibition by colchicine, 208 

 inhibition by heparin, 208 

 inhibition by radiation, 77-78, 233- 



234 

 in lymphocytes, 90-91 

 Mitotic activity, influence of de- 

 oxyribonucleic acid on, 214 

 cycle, timing changes, 199-200 

 index of tumours, radiation on, 

 198 

 Mutagenic effects of organic per- 

 oxides, 287-288 

 Mutations, dose-reduction factor for, 

 133-134 

 interference with, 133-134, 139 

 production of, 66-67, 70 

 Neurospora, radiosensitivity and 

 ploidy, 265-266, 268 

 induced mutagenic effects in, 287- 

 288 

 Nitrogen mustard mutations, and 

 primary site of radiation damage, 

 256 

 Nitrogen mustards, and amino acid 

 incorporation, 69, 183 

 and tumour inhibition, 69, 183 

 reaction with nucleic acids, 67-68 

 Notatin (glucose oxidase) and oxygen 



effect, 114 

 Nuclear damage, 255-270 



functions, disturbance of, 78-79 

 metabolism, relation to oxidative 



phosphorylation, 82 

 structure, and metabolic activities, 



3-20 

 transfers, 260-264 



