Date of Award:

5-1-1966

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

Biology

Department name when degree awarded

Physiology

Committee Chair(s)

Not Specified

Committee

K. L. Dixon

Abstract

The general problem of discovering the role of potassium (K) and sodium (Na) ions in cell metabolism and physiology has been investigated in many ways. The development by Conway and Moore (1954) of a yeast that had a reversed intracellular Na and K ion concentration opened a new approach to the investigation of Na and K effects on intermediary metabolism. This yeast with a Na and K ion reversal (i.e., a high Na and low K intracellular concentration) is called a sodium-rich yeast (Na-yeast).

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