SUBJECT INDEX 



985 



decapeptide, 728 



decarboxylation of diaminopimelic acid 



to lysine, 77 

 decaying exponential function for growth 



curves, 1 75 

 A2-decene-i,io-dicarboxylic acid, 772 

 decrease of extracellular fluid in 



senescence, 958 



— in sodium and in chloride during 

 human development, 959 



dedifferentiation, 562, 589, 665 



— , epidermis necessary to induce, 646 



— , initial process of, 589 



deficiency of cytochrome c and cytochrome 



oxydase in tumor tissue, 884 

 degeneration, harmonization between 



protein synthesis and, 166 

 degenerative cell changes in senescence, 



965 



— changes brought about by cessation of 



growth, 957 



degradative processes, 179 



Degusia, 625 



dehydroascorbic acid, plant enzymes cata- 

 lyzing reduction of — to reduced 

 glutathione, 25 



— ■ — , reduction of — to vitamin C, 617 



— reductase, 25 

 A-7-dehydrocholesterol, 1 10 

 dehydrogenase, enzymes of the hexose 



monophosphate shunt, 47 

 — , hemiacetal, 1 1 



— leading to unsaturation, 1 1 



— reaction, glyceraldehyde phosphate, 27 



— of the soluble cytoplasm in the energy 

 economy of the cell, 29 



5-dehydroquinic acid, 10 

 dehydroshikimic acid, 65 

 5-dehydroshikimic acid, 10 

 delayed inductions, 454 

 deoxycholyl-CoA, 40 

 deoxycorticosterone (DOCS) promoting 



proliferation of connective tissue-cells, 63 1 

 deoxycytidine, gi 

 — - deaminase, loi 

 — , deoxyuridine as intermediate in — 



conversion to thymidine, 104 



— diphosphate, 35 

 deoxycytidylic acid, 91 

 deoxypentose, 288 

 deoxyribonuclease, 6 1 1 

 deoxyribonucleic acid, 260, 509, 612 

 deoxyribonucleohistone from transplantable 



mouse lymphosarcoma, 906 

 deoxyribonucleoprotein, enzymatic depoly- 

 merization of — by tumor cells, 91 1 



deoxyribonucleoprotein, phosphorus meas- 

 urements in growing tissue cultures, 573 



deoxyribonucleoside metabolism and 

 DNA-thymine synthesis, 104 



o'-deoxyribose, 261 



deoxyribose, aldolase, 52 



— , de novo synthesis of, 53 



— , ribose as — precursor, 52 



— synthesis from two and three carbon 

 compounds, 52 



deoxyriboside nucleotides, 91 

 deoxyribosides, formation of — by trans-N- 



glycosidation, loi 

 deoxyuridine, 91 



— in rat liver, 903 

 dephospho-CoA, 35 

 dephospho-CoA kinase, 1 18 

 dephosphorylation, contractile proteins 



coupled with energetic system 



responsible for, 341 

 depolymerization, of DNA by X-radiation, 



272 

 — , enzymatic — of deoxyribonucleoproteins 



by tumor cells, 91 1 

 depot material, 138 

 dermomyotome, 503 

 Dero, 592 



desaminase enzymes, 97 

 dessication, partial — of the protoplasma, 



958 

 desthiobiotin, 1 14 

 determinants, 172 

 deuterencephalon, 367 

 deutomerit, 368 



— territory of young neurulae, 390 

 deutogenesis, 368 



deutoplasm, 313 



devascularisation, 644 



developing cells, protein forming system of, 



495 

 developmental inductors, 445 



— kinetics, 341 



development, changes in the chemical 

 composition of the body during — , 232 



— , effects of abnormal nuclear 

 composition on — , 292 



— , energy sources of — , 734 



— , nitrogen metabolism in relation to — , 

 716 



— , urea and uric acid formation during — , 



738 

 DHO, 99 

 diabetes , growth and development of 



neoplasms, 847 

 diabetic animals, aerobic formation of 



lactate in liver of — , 49 



