SUBJECT INDEX
427
chitin synthesis and, 117
occurrence of, 116
Uridine triphosphate, chitin synthesis
and, 117
Urodeles,
behavior, hormones and, 212
Ustin, production of, 322
Uterus, pentose phosphate cycle in, 55
V
Valine,
accumulation of, 141, 142
antibiotics and, 282, 285, 287, 289,
290, 292
streptomycin dependence and, 264265
Valinomycin, 292, 293
Valonia, cellulose of, 125
Vancomycin, mode of action of, 277, 294
Variotin, 307
Vascular tissues, pentose phosphate cycle
in, 22-23
Vasopressin,
behavior and, 206
pentose phosphate cycle and, 47
permeability and, 179
Vaucheria, pentose phosphate cycle in,
69
Vengicide, 267
Veratrine, amino acid synthesis and,
172-174
Verrucarin(s), nature of, 310
Verrucarol, nature of, 310
Versene, lysozyme and, 294
Vibriocin (s), nature of, 293
Vicia faba,
carbon dioxide fixation by, 75
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
and, 30
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in, 78
Violacein, 296
Viomycin, degradation products of, 284285
Vipers, sexuality in, 215
Viridogrisein, nature of, 290
Virus (es), antibiotic production and,
335-336
Viscosin, nature of, 287, 303
Vitamin K, antibiotics and, 328
Vocalization, hormones and, 212
Vulpinic acid, 323
W
Warburg-Lipmann-Dickens pathway,
see Pentose phosphate cycle
Water,
net flux,
frog skin and, 161-162
neurohypophyseal hormone and, 179
structural pores and, 182
permeability coefficient to, 180
Wheat,
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in, 78
pentose phosphate cycle in, 73
Worms, pentose phosphate cycle in, 62
X
Xanthine oxidase, antibiotic effect of, 294
Xanthocillin X, 323
Xanthommatin, 296
Xenopus,
behavior, hormones and, 213, 234
ovary of, 213-214
Xenopus laevis, steroid-3/?-ol dehydrogenase in, 213
Xiphophorus helleri,
behavior, hormones, and, 210
sex reversal in, 233
X-ray diffraction, chitin and, 94, 97, 103,
106, 108, 111, 119
D-Xylose,
antibiotics and, 266
lens metabolism and, 35-36
polysaccharides and, 129
uptake by yeast, 151, 153
Xylulose, lens metabolism and, 36
Xylulose-5-phosphate,
carbon reduction cycle and, 4
pentose phosphate cycle and, 3, 5-7
Y
Yeasts, 282
chitin in, 97
corticoids and, 183
entry of sugars into, 151, 153
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
of, 29
membrane, calcium and, 189
427
chitin synthesis and, 117
occurrence of, 116
Uridine triphosphate, chitin synthesis
and, 117
Urodeles,
behavior, hormones and, 212
Ustin, production of, 322
Uterus, pentose phosphate cycle in, 55
V
Valine,
accumulation of, 141, 142
antibiotics and, 282, 285, 287, 289,
290, 292
streptomycin dependence and, 264265
Valinomycin, 292, 293
Valonia, cellulose of, 125
Vancomycin, mode of action of, 277, 294
Variotin, 307
Vascular tissues, pentose phosphate cycle
in, 22-23
Vasopressin,
behavior and, 206
pentose phosphate cycle and, 47
permeability and, 179
Vaucheria, pentose phosphate cycle in,
69
Vengicide, 267
Veratrine, amino acid synthesis and,
172-174
Verrucarin(s), nature of, 310
Verrucarol, nature of, 310
Versene, lysozyme and, 294
Vibriocin (s), nature of, 293
Vicia faba,
carbon dioxide fixation by, 75
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
and, 30
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in, 78
Violacein, 296
Viomycin, degradation products of, 284285
Vipers, sexuality in, 215
Viridogrisein, nature of, 290
Virus (es), antibiotic production and,
335-336
Viscosin, nature of, 287, 303
Vitamin K, antibiotics and, 328
Vocalization, hormones and, 212
Vulpinic acid, 323
W
Warburg-Lipmann-Dickens pathway,
see Pentose phosphate cycle
Water,
net flux,
frog skin and, 161-162
neurohypophyseal hormone and, 179
structural pores and, 182
permeability coefficient to, 180
Wheat,
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in, 78
pentose phosphate cycle in, 73
Worms, pentose phosphate cycle in, 62
X
Xanthine oxidase, antibiotic effect of, 294
Xanthocillin X, 323
Xanthommatin, 296
Xenopus,
behavior, hormones and, 213, 234
ovary of, 213-214
Xenopus laevis, steroid-3/?-ol dehydrogenase in, 213
Xiphophorus helleri,
behavior, hormones, and, 210
sex reversal in, 233
X-ray diffraction, chitin and, 94, 97, 103,
106, 108, 111, 119
D-Xylose,
antibiotics and, 266
lens metabolism and, 35-36
polysaccharides and, 129
uptake by yeast, 151, 153
Xylulose, lens metabolism and, 36
Xylulose-5-phosphate,
carbon reduction cycle and, 4
pentose phosphate cycle and, 3, 5-7
Y
Yeasts, 282
chitin in, 97
corticoids and, 183
entry of sugars into, 151, 153
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
of, 29
membrane, calcium and, 189