Subject Index 



683 



Life, definition of 40, 78, 106, 116, 117, 

 118,361-363,368,373,378,380 



dissymmetric sequence as a factor in 

 103-104 



dynamic state in 334-342 



geological conditions for appearance of 

 84-94 



metastable state in 337-339 



nature of 313-326 



non-cellular forms of 484 



on Mars 22, 113 



on Venus 20 



origin of on earth. See Origin of life on 

 earth 



precellular forms of 484 



qualitative specificity of 380-381 

 Light, effect on enzymes 607 



formation of organic compounds by 140- 

 149 

 Lignites, composition of 92, Fig. 3 

 Limnaea stagnalis 178 

 Linkage 388 

 Lipid membranes 441 

 Lipids 491 



in cells, 289, 290, 407 



in different species 508 



origin of 49-51, 52 

 Lipoproteins, role of in formation of co- 

 acervates 471 



structure of 500 

 Liver, nitrogen metabolism in 541-542 



proteins in 337, 464 

 Living material, asymmetry in 182 

 Living organisms, duplication of molecules 



in 215-223 

 Long range forces 392, 393 

 Lonistes 177 

 Luciferin 622 

 Lysine, biosynthesis of 528, 530 



composition of 249 



in plants 410 



peptide bonds in 233 



synthesis of 145, 195 



by electrical discharge 1 56 

 by light 142 

 Lysogeny 318-319 

 Lysozyme, activity of 431-432 



amino acids in 234, 235, 236 



Macromolecules 486 



Magma 109-110 



Magnesium, in chlorophyll 213 



Malaria 222 



Malthes, composition of 92, Fig. 3 



Maple-sap peptides 225 



Mars, atmosphere of 11, 12, 21-22, 113 



biochemistry of 228 



carbon dioxide on 113 



composition of 70 



life on 22, 113 



oxygen on 132 



water on 113 

 Melampyrum nemorosiim 496 

 Membranes, development of 340 



effect of in enzymic oxidation of ascorbic 

 acid 452 



formation of 437-442 

 Mercury, composition of 70 



oxygen on 132 

 Mesogastropoda 177 

 Mesozoic reptiles 108 

 Metabolism, as criterion of life 106 



at different oxygen pressures 569-570 



effect of temperature on 569-570, 650- 

 651, 652 



evolution of, in microorganisms 516-525 

 nitrate reduction in 555-561 

 sulphate reduction in 555-561 



in autotrophs 629, 630 



in simple proteins 275-280 



origin of 497 



transition from heterotrophic to auto- 

 trophic 626-633, 650, 651, 652 

 Metal complexes, catalytic properties of 

 263 



role of oxygen in formation of 265 

 Metals, effect on tobacco mosaic virus 305 

 Metastable state 337-339 

 Meteorites 69, 71 



carbon in 72, 73 



chlorine in 72 



composition of 28 



gases contained in 71 



hydrocarbons in 72, 73 



nitrogen in 30 



radioactivity in 24 

 Methane, activated by ultraviolet light 136, 

 137 



formation of 84, 92, no 



geochemical origin of 89-90 



in atmosphere 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 



65, 73-74 

 in meteorites 71 

 in oil fields 86, 88 

 in primary atmosphere of Earth 30 

 non-organic origin of 11 8-1 19 

 on planets 71 



organic compounds formed from 123, 

 138, 151, 154 

 Methionine, effect of cysteine on 572-577 

 effect on glutathione synthesis 575 

 in plants 410 

 peptide bonds in 233 

 synthesis of 573 



by neurospora crassa 573, 574 

 iV-Methylalanine, formed by electrical dis- 

 charge 125 

 Methylglutamine 551 

 Methylurea, formed by electrical discharge 



125 

 Micrococcus lactilyticus 597 



