978 



SUBJECT INDEX 



atrophy, induced — by starvation, tenotony 



and denervation, 963 

 auromerit, 368 



auto-accelerator in regeneration, 603 

 autocatalytic reaction, monomolecular, 603 

 autogenesis, 247 

 auto-inductors, 448 

 auto-inhibitor in regeneration, 603 

 autolytic activity, regenerative power of 



tissues proportional to intrinsic, 61 1 

 auto-oxidizable flavoproteins, 2 1 

 auxanometer, Koningsberger, 754 

 auxesis, 766 

 auxin, 753 

 — , mode of — action and nature of cell 



enlargement, 793 



— adapted tissue, 771 



— and kinetin, interaction, 774 



— antagonist, 753 



— , role of — as coenzyme, 797 

 independent tissue, 771 



— influencing waterpermeability of plant 

 cell wall, 795 



— modifying induction process, 425 



— production in seeds, 809 



— , role of light in — formation in leaves, 800 



— , root, 753 



— , synthetic, 773 



— theory of geotropism, 805 



— transport in plant stem, 813 

 — , use and measurement, 755 

 auxocytes, 307, 467 



auxotroph of Escherichia coli accumulating 

 keto analogs of valine and isoleucine, 69 

 Avena agar test, 758 

 Avena sativa coleoptiles, 750 

 axial chondrogenesis, 462 



— gradients, 233 



— organ stabilization, 353 

 Axolotl, 616 



— gastrula, 392 



— neurula, 404 



2-aza-adenine as antimitotic agent, 933 

 azaguanine, 275 



dependent leukemia, 931 



8-azaguanine, differential susceptibility of 

 various tumors to, 931 



— inhibiting formation of bacterial 

 enzymes, 928 



azaserine, 92 



— as antagonist of glutamine in GAR 

 synthesis, 92 



■ — depressing mitotic incidence in mouse 

 sarcoma 180 cells, 930 



— inhibiting de novo synthesis of purines 

 in tumor cells, 908 



azaserine as tumor inhibitor, 930 

 azo dyes as carcinogens, 861 

 Azotobacter vinelandii, 24, 103, 911 



Bacillus cereus, 532 



— licheniformis, 23 



— megatherium, 161 



— subtilis, 23, 535 

 Backman's formula, 1 74 

 bacteria, filamentous, 294 



bacterial transformations by DNA, 268 



— xeno-inductions, 439 



bacteria, mechanism of spore formation in, 



537 

 Bacterium linens, 1 1 7 



BAL (2,3-dimercaptopropanol), 19, 785 

 balance of growth, 569 



— of organs, 230 

 Barnea Candida, 318 



basal cell carcinoma, human, 860 



— epithelial cells, 163 



basement membrane, detachment of the 



epidermis from the, 675 

 basocellular carcinoma, ribonucleic acids 



in, 905 

 basophilic tumors, 835 

 basophily in rat embryo in first week of 



development, 326 

 Bauplan, 229 



benzimidazole as adenine antagonist, 931 

 benzopyrene modifying induction 



process, 425 

 benzoquinone, 13, 32, 892 

 benzothiazole oxyacetic acid, 773 

 benzoylsulphamethylpyrimidine, 886 

 benzpyrene induction of sarcoma, 847 

 benzylimidazoline, effect of — on regener- 

 ation, 631 

 Bergmann rule, 216 

 beryllium, as cancer inductor, 869 



— basic acetate as specific inhibitor of the 

 phosphatases, 460 



— inhibiting root elongation, 806 



— salts, 626 

 betaine, 1 1 



— aldehyde, 1 1 



— transmethylase, 74 



bicyclicy of metabolic changes, 647 

 bilateral organization, 315 

 binuclear plant cells, 771 

 biochemical modification of inductors 



and reactors, 419 

 biological effectiveness of auxines 



determined by shape of the molecule 



as a whole, 764 



— similarity, principle, 227 



