Subject Index 



679 



Deoxyribonucleic acid 352, 353, 581 

 and hereditary changes in ducks 291 

 artificial nucleoproteins made with 499 

 complexes formed with 493-494 

 effect on adolase 471 

 effect on enolase 471 

 effect on enzymes 476-478 

 genetic role of 107, 117, 118, 381 

 in adenosine triphosphate synthesis 358, 



359 

 in Azotobacter agile 323, 324, 325 

 in bacteria 318, 319, 322, 323-330, 332- 



333 



in enzyme formation 458, 463 



in Escherichia coli 323, 324, 325 



in protein synthesis 363-366 



in replication of proteins 351-352 



in the dynamic state 336, 337 



protolj^ic activity associated with 498 



replication of 439-440 



specificity of 332-333 



structure of 217, 398 



substitutes for 359 

 Desoxyribose nucleic acid, formation of 



47, 48, 49, 50, 51 

 Desitlfovibria 556, 557, 558, 559 

 Devonian, organic catalysis in 180 

 Devonian beds, bituminous substances in 



111-112 

 Diaminopimelic acid, formation of 195 



in bacteria and algae 225-226 

 Diaminosuberic acid, in bacteria 226 

 Diatoms, hydroxyproline in 225 

 DichapetaUum 80 

 Digestion, intracellular 5 10-5 11 

 p-Dimethylaminoazobenzol 353 

 Diphosphopyridine nucleotide 585 



in fermentation 596, 597 



reduction of 597 

 Dissociation, in photopolymerization 620 

 Dissymmetry, in origin of living material 

 95-104 



in primaeval protoplasm 96-98 



of living organisms 115 

 DNA viruses, origin of 49, 50 

 Dogs, cystine and methionine in 573-574 

 Drosophila, 'maternal effect' in 463 



mutation in 497 

 Ducks, deoxyribonucleic acid in 291 

 Dunites 23 



chemical analysis of 28 

 Dynamic state 368 



behaviour of 334-335 



chemical and biological exchange 335- 

 336 



extent of 336-337 



origin of 334-342 



thermodynamic aspects 424 



Earth, atmosphere of 16-19, 133, 134 



evolution of 54-65 



primary state 29-31 

 core of 70 

 crust of, at present time 23-24 



cold theory of 27-29 



composition of 33-35 



formation of 25-26, 33 



organic matter in 91-93 



thickness of 26-27 

 formation of 9-14, 54-65, 67, 114 



from cold material 67-75 

 geological condition of primaeval 84-85 

 heat of 12-14, 16, 24-25, 31 

 hot theory of formation 26-27 

 loss of mass of 9-12, 13 

 primaeval state of 9-i4j 73 j 113-114 



formation of organic compounds in 

 123-125 

 radioactivity in primaeval 55, 57, 64, 73 

 temperature of primaeval 55-56, 59, 



60, 67, 73, 109, no, 114 

 Earth-moon system 9-14 

 Echinodermata, lipids and sterols in 508, 



509 



parallelism in 506 

 Egg albumin, amino acids in 236 



protein complex formed from 472 

 Egg cells, yolk globules 491 

 Egg protein 336 

 Electrical discharge, amino acids formed by 



61, 77, 125, 128-130, 151-157» 256, 

 282 



organic compounds formed by 154-157 

 Electron transfer, in photocatalysis 609- 



612, 613, 615 

 Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas system 594, 595, 



596 

 Energy transfer, in biological systems 615 



in photocatalysis 612-613, 615 

 Enolase, effect of deoxyribonucleic acid 47 1 

 Enterococcus stei 332-333 

 Entropy 438, 500 



in a closed system 487-490 



in biological systems 418-420 

 Enzymes 48, 79, 593 



action of in sedimentary formations 

 180-181 



activating effect of 185 



activity of 293 



activity of in proteins 289 



and protein complexes 472-473 



asymmetric action of 161-165 



bacterial 345, 354 



chemical models of 161-166 



classification 199-200 



cold-resistant 567 



complex compounds in relation to 263- 

 274 



condensing 588 



conjugation with pigment systems 613- 

 615 



