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Subject Index 



Immunochemistry 133 



Jnactis 26 



Insulin 145, 159, 165, 167 



Iodine 60 



Ionic forces 163 



Ions 125, 127, 190 



Iron 5, II, 26, 49, 88, 125, 127 



Isoleucine. (See also Amino acids) 121 



Isotopes 52, 61 



Jean's formula 9 

 Jupiter 2, 50 



Ketoaldomutase 109, 113 



Lactic acid 81 



Laeviilinic acid 128 



Leucine. (See also Amino acids) 121 



Life, definition 32 



geological conditions 63-72 



Mars 14 



origin. (See also Biopoesis) 6, 8-14, 26, 

 46-54, 55-62, 74-83, 85-97, 156, 

 189 



Venus II, 13 

 Light, asymmetric syntheses 79-83 



circularly prolarized 75, 76, 79-83 



photobiological processes 189-195 



ultra violet 86, 95, 98-104, 189 

 Linkage systems. {See also Bonds) 158,164 

 Lipids 41, 44, 165, 181 

 Lipoproteins 180, 181 

 Lithosphere 33, 44 

 Lysine. (See also Amino acids) 122 



Macromolecules. (See also Polymers, Pro- 

 teins etc.) 164 



Magnesium 1 30-1 31 



Malaria 140 



Mandelic acid 106, 107 



Margentin 3 



Mars 3, 13-14, 49 



Membranes 41 



Meteorites 16, 20, 50-52, 53, 68 



Methane 9, 10, 22, 50, 52, 64, 65, 68, 69, 

 87, 88 



Methane petroleum 69 



Micelles 41 



Micrococcus lysodzikticus 172, 174 



Micro-organisms. (See also Bacteria, Orga- 

 nisms etc.) 89, loi, 102 



Mitochondria 43, 128, 130 



Molecular configurations 39, 40, 74-75, 

 166 



Molecular duplication in living organisms 

 132-140 



Molecular evolution 44 



Molecular particles 158-169 



Moon 2, 3, 49 



Multiplet theory 109 



Muscle, fibril 156, 157 

 Mutants 140 



Neptune 50 



Nickel 5 



Nitrogen 21, 22, 34, 66, 68, 69, 88 



bases 134 



protein 177 ^ 



Nitromonas 144 1 



Nucleic acids 39, 134, 136, 164, 165, 168, | 



185 

 Nucleoproteins 40, 44, 165, 168 

 Nucleotides. (See also Polynucleotides) 36, 



39,43 



Oceans, formation 5, 6, 23 



Mars 13 



primary 23 



Venus 12 

 Oil. (See also Petroleum) 65, 71 



composition 69 



distribution 65-68 

 Oligomers 165 

 Opsin 191 



Optical activity 74, 79-83, 105 

 Organelles 41, 42 

 Organic compounds 28, 33, 43, 46-54 



origin 85-97, 98-104 



spontaneous generation 148-153 



structural units 156-169 

 Organisms. (See also Micro-organisms) 44, 



51, 95, 130 



evolution 28, 42, 46, 144 



molecular duplication 1 31-140 



thermal pathways 151 

 Ornithine. (See also Amino acids) 122 

 Oxidations 12, 34 

 Oxygen 6, 8, 10, 28, 34, 37, 94, 95, 130 



escape. Mars 14 



origin 56 

 Oxynitrilase 109, 113 

 Ozonizer 88 



Particles, units in biopoesis 158-169 



Pasteur effect 75, 82 



Pepsin-ergosterol complex 184 



Peptide chains 1 16-122 



Peptides. (See also Amino acids, Dipeptides, 



Polypeptides, Proteins etc.) 145,148, 150, 



152 

 Petroleimi 53, 63-72, 76 

 Phenylalanine 137 

 Phosphates 36, 39, 57, 60, 175, 176 

 Phosphorylation, oxidative 126 

 Photobacteria 192 

 Photobiological processes 189-195 

 Photochemical syntheses 1 27-1 31 

 Photosynthesis 29, 34, 36, 43, 44, 124-131, 



191 

 Phototropism 192 



