SUBJECT INDEX 
Amino acid pool, formation, (continuation) 
— —, —, catalysts, 599, 602, 603 
— —, —, effect temperature, 599 
— —, —, energy-dependence, 596, 598, 599- 
601, 604, 605, 610 
— —, —, models, 598, 608, 614 
— —, —, self-regulation, 602 
— —, —, stoichiometric site model, 603 
— —, —, structural specification, 598, 599,606 
— —, function in insects, 130-132 
— —, HeLa cells, 696 
— —, heterogeneity, 98, 102, 569, 570, 580, 
583, 589, 601, 641, 682, 689, 724-727, 770, 
TS orgie 
— —, — in plants, 660, 661, 674-679 
— -—, high concentration in invertebrates, 
160-161 
— —, identification of components, 354 
— —, independence of plasma and erythrocyte, 
3606 
— —, internal, 571, 575, 636, 638, 640 
— —, —, origin of constituents, 641 
— —, —, in yeast, 771 
— —, intracellular binding, 603-605, 615 
—  —, intracellular state, 100-102, 290-292, 
578-589, 615, 655, 702-777 
— —, im invertebrates, 158-174 
— —, labeling, 634—636 
— —, in land gastropods, 173 
— —, leaf, variation with age, 662, 663 
— —, leak, 598, 599, 600 
— —, leakage, 92, 99, 100, 706 
— —, — in microorganisms, 574, 575 
— —., liberation from cell, 73, 74 
— —, loss of with nitrogen mustard, 410 
— -—, maintenance in Ehrlich ascites tumor 
cells, 615 
— —, in marine crustacea, 173 
— —, — gastropods, 172 
— —, — invertebrates, 176 
— —, measurement, 195, 196 
— —, mechanism of formation, 595-608 
—  —, in molluscs, 174 
— —, origin, I71 
— —, osmotic activity, Io1, 130, 158, 579-581, 
588, 589 
— —, — lability, 78 
— —, in pelecypods, 172 
— —, permease model, 599-602, 608 
— —, photosynthesis, 674 
— —, plants, effect ions, 669 
— —, —, relation to protein synthesis, 674— 
679 
— —, plasma, use in formulating diet, 523 
— —, in protozoa, 109-114 
— —, quantitative comparisons, micro- 
organisms, 87, 88 
— —, relation to diet, 171 
— —, — extracellular medium, 695 
— —, — Krebs’ cycle, 516 
— —, — penicillin formation, 85, 86 
— —, — protein composition, 102 
— —, — protein synthesis, 41, 83, 102, 597, 
598, 605, 642-645 
781 
Amino acid pool, relation to (continuation) 
— —, — RNA synthesis, 103 
— —, replenishment, 98 
— —, — protein degradation, 647 
— —, retention, 771 
— —, — acetone-dried cells, ror 
— —, — damaged cells, 316, 317 
— —, — fungi, 95 
— —, — lyophilized cells, 1o1 
—, — washed cells, 102 
—, role of binding, 770, 772-774, 777 
— —, — in protein synthesis, 350, 634, 635, 
689, 691, 702, 703, 732-736 
—  —, — of proteolysis in formation, 159 
— —, — in virus synthesis, 703, 704 
— —, saturation of, 773 
—  —, similarity in rodent tumors, 65 
— —, size in Drosophila melanogaster, 140 
— —, — mammalian cells, 157 
— —, stability, 286, 287, 309, 317, 318, 325, 
327, 334, 337, 338, 340, 346, 510 
— —, storage in plants, 668 
— —, synthesis in plants, 673 
— —, taxonomic aspects, 103, 104, 122-124, 
T5OpeLO2, e771 
— —, — relations, 43, 86 
— —, turnover in brain, 722-730 
— —, — during photosynthesis, 658-662 
— —, — in yeast, 83 
— —, variability, 104 
— —, — incapacity, 569 
— —, — in erythrocytes, 378 
— —, — in microorganisms, 75 
— —, variation with age, 668 
— —, — development of banana, 668, 669 
— —, — during seed germination, 657, 658 
— requirement, cultured mammalian cells, 695, 
696 
— —, population-dependence, 698, 700-702 
— —, relation to plasma amino acids, 523 
—, solubility in organic solvents, 759 
—, synthesis, 11 
— —, bean leaves, 673 
— —, from CO, in plants, 660-665 
— —, in cultured mammalian cells, 695, 696 
— —, pathways, 641-643 
— —, in wheat leaves, 673 
—, taste, 17 
—, toxicity, 520 
p-Amino acids, detection in protein, 512- 
514 
—, efflux from brain, 560, 561 
—, excretion, 514 
—, occurrence, 92, 189 
—, oxidase, inhibition of, 514 
—, oxidation, 132 
—, uptake, 529 
—, use in determining optical configuration, 
16, 17 
—, utilization for growth, 513, 514 
L-Amino acid oxidase, use in determining 
optical configuration, 16, 17 
Aminoaciduria, abnormal, clearance concept, 
241 
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