INDEX 



665 



optical changes, 580 



viscosity changes, 580 

 definition of, 557 

 digests, 



electrophoresis of, 274 



ion -exchange of, 235 

 enolic groups liberated by, 411-412 

 excretion of, 624 

 infrared absorption and, 549-550 

 inhibition of, 316, 390, 582-583, 584-585 

 intracellular localization of, 624, 625 

 limit polynucleotide and, 341 

 microorganisms, 584-585 

 molar absorptivities and, 519 

 nucleoprotein and, 319 

 pancreas, 



activators, 581-582 



assay, 579-581 



historj', 576-577 



hydrogen ion concentration and, 583 



inhibitors, 582-583 



kinetics, 581 



protein properties, 583 



specificity, 577-579 



stability, 582 

 plant, 584 



thymus, properties of, 584 

 ultraviolet absorption and, 339 

 Deoxyribonuclease I, sec Deoxyribo- 



nuclease, pancreas 

 Deoxyribonucleic acids, 3, see also De- 



oxypentose nucleic acids 

 acid hydrolysis, mechanism of, 444 

 alkali, 



hydrolysis, 419-420 



stability, 416 

 bacterial, removal of, 391 

 chain-branching of, 439-440 

 color reactions for, 294 



carbazole-sulfuric acid, 298-299 



cysteine-sulfuric acid, 290-296, 303 



diphenylamine, 287-290 



evaluation of, 299-300 



indole-hydrochloric acid, 297-298 



Schiff's reagent, 299 



tryptophan-perchloric acid, 296-297 

 composition, electrophoresis and, 276 

 digests, dialysis of, 443 

 electrometric titration of, 410, 411 

 estimation of, 290, 294, 297-298, 303 

 molar absorptivity, 



miscellaneous effects, 529 



nucleic acid estimation and, 529-530 



nucleoprotein and, 530-532 



pH and, 522-525 



salts and, 525-529 

 nucleotide sequence in, 442—145 

 phloroglucinol reaction and, 302 

 protein complex, nature of, 309-310 

 removal of, 387 

 ribonuclease and, 559 

 separation from pentose nucleic acid, 



279 

 structure of, 439-445 

 Deoxyribonucleosides, 604, see also De- 



oxyribosides 

 anion exchange of, 221 

 biosynthesis of, 58 

 borate complexes, electrophoresis of, 



283 

 chemical properties of, 57 

 chromatography of, 49 

 formation of, 56-57 

 ion-exchange of, 219 

 phosphorolysis of, 603 

 Deoxyribonucleotides, ion-exchange of, 



223-224 

 2-Deoxy-D-ribose, 3 

 acid and, 59 

 biosynthesis of, 59 

 chemistry of, 48-60 

 derivatives, properties of, 75-78 

 dismutation of, 288-289 

 esters of, 60 

 N-glycosides of, 56-57 

 0-glycosides of, 55-56 

 hydrazines and, 60 

 identification of, 53-54, 141-142 

 isolation of, 48-49, 142 

 mutarotation of, 55 

 nomenclature, 10-11 

 nucleic acid and, 346 

 occurrence of, 14, 346 

 orcinol reaction and, 301 

 paper chromatography of, 263-264 

 phosphates of, 58-59 

 synthesis of, 47, 53, 61 

 3-Deoxyribose, 

 derivatives, 51 



paper chromatography of, 264 

 4-Deoxyribose, paper chromatography 



of, 264 



