INDEX 



139 



Nucleic acids, absorption spectra, 

 97-108 

 artefacts, 109-110 

 azo dye method, 108, 109 

 bacteriophage and, 118-120 

 chromogenic reagents, 97, 99-106 

 aldehydes, 105, 106 

 diazonium hydroxides, 101-103 

 nitro compounds, 103-105 

 classification of groups, 96 

 electron microscope methods, 



110-112 

 fluorescence methods, 108 

 relation to protein synthesis, 113, 

 114, 116-124 

 chemical system, 115 

 cytological systems, 114, 115 

 study methods, 97 

 sugar linkage method, 109 

 Nucleolus, 55, 56, 59, 60, 67, 68, 75, 



76, 115, Plates III, VII, XI 

 Nucleus, 8, 9, 49-56, 58-63, 94, 115, 

 Plates II, III, IV, VIII, XII 



Phosphate esters, 39-42, 67 

 Phosphorylation, 60, 61, 68, 69, 70, 



72, 74 

 Physics, cytochemical viewpoint, 4 

 Plants, 58, 59, 63, 99, 117, Plate X 

 Proteins, 8, 15-17, 63, 64, 72, 73, 75, 

 96-124 

 adsorption of dyes, 72 

 artefacts, 109, 110 

 azo dye method, 108 

 bacteriophage and, 118-120 

 chromogenic reagents, 97, 99, 106 

 aldehydes, 105, 106 

 diazonium hydroxides, 101-103 

 nitro compounds, 103-105 

 classification of groups, 96 

 electron microscope methods, 



110-112 

 fluorescence methods, 108 

 non-chromogenic blocking agents, 



100, 106-108 

 relation to nucleic acids, 113, 114, 

 116-124 



Proteins, relation to nucleic acids, 

 chemical system, 115 

 cytological systems, 114, 115 

 study methods, 97 

 sugar linkage method, 109 

 synthesis, 63, 64, 68, 75, 113, 

 114, 116-124 



Qualitative methods, future, 134 

 Quantitative studies, 126-133 

 errors due to, Beer-Lambert law, 

 128 

 diffusion, 130 

 fixation, 130 

 inadequate chemical procedure, 



131 

 scattering and refraction, 126, 



127 

 states of aggregation, 129 

 future, 134 



Reagents, see also Fixation 



chromogenic, 97, 99-106 

 Ribonuclease, 14 



Salivary glands, 56, 57, 76, 84, Plate 



IX 

 Sarcoma, see Tumours 

 Scales, fish, 66 

 Silk, 64 



Spermatozoa, 112 

 Spleen, 38 

 Substrates, 36, 39-42, 45, 59, Plates 



VI, X, XI 

 Superimposed-sections technique, 



37, 38, 45, 49, 51-53, 85, 131, 



Plates IV, V, VIII, IX 



Teeth, 66 



Tissue culture, 55, 59, 60 

 Tumours, 55, 56, 60, 68, 88, 91, 117, 

 Plates II, VII, VIII 



Ultraviolet, see Light 



Vitamin C, 64 



Wounds, 36, 38, 63, 64 



Yeasts, 117 



