Page numbers followed by “f” indicate figures.

Page numbers followed by “t” indicate tables.

WAKs. See Wall-associated kinases

Wall-associated kinases (WAKs), 971

Warburg, Otto, 1138

Warburg effect, 1138

WASp, 788

Water, 5, 31–32

dipole nature of, 35f

facilitated transport of, 477–483

hydrogen bonding, 37, 38f

osmotic pressure and, 481

Watson, James, 7, 170

WAVE complex, 788–789, 815

Weak promoters, 358

Wee1, 896, 905

Western blotting, 112, 113f, 1081

with monoclonal antibodies for phosphorylated peptides, 684, 685f

White blood cells, 1082

White-fat tissue, 558

Whole genome shotgun sequencing, 244

Whole-cell patch clamping, 500f

Whooping cough, 692

Wieschaus, Eric (Francis), 228

Wild type, 224

Wild-type autosomes, 255f

Wilkins, Maurice, 170

Wilson, Henry Van Peters, 926

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, 788

Wnt, 751, 752–754, 753f, 754f, 990, 992

Wobble position, 186, 187f

Wounded-cell monolayer assay, 815, 816f