Index 



341 



Cyclitols, 182 



anaerobic degradation of, 195 

 1 ,2-Cyclopentenonaphthalene, 309 



Deamination, oxidative, 175 



Decevinic acid, 317 



Degradation, of glycogen, 300 

 of peptides, 279 

 of shikimic acid, 260 

 of steroid hormones, 88 



5-Dehydroshikimate, 265 



L-2-Deoxy-mttco-inositol, 183, 185, 193 



Deoxyribonuclease, 100, 333 

 effect on transforming principle, 327, 

 330 



Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), compo- 

 sition of, 16 

 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, 96 

 in embryonic development, 120 

 non-antigenicity of, 98 

 of Streptococcus faecalis, 15 

 of virulent phage vs. temperate 



phage, 102 

 of viruses, 78, 96 



synthesis in infected bacteria, 103 

 transforming activity of, 19, 323 

 Watson and Crick model, 335 



Deuterium, as glycogen label, 292 



Deuteroacetic acid in porphyrin syn- 

 thesis, 244 



Dextran as plasma substitute, 58 



Diabetes. 138 



Diacetyl-7-ketojervine, 312 



Diastereomers, 160 



Diatretyne amide, 4, 8 

 nitrile, 5, 8 



Diel's hydrocarbon, 310 



D-2,3-Diketo-4-deoxy-e7n"-inositol, 185 

 bisphenylhydrazone, 193 



L-l,2-Diketo-myo-inositol, 183. 191 



2.5-Dimethoxyquinone, 3 



jS-Dimethylacrylic acid (DMA), 23, 25 



Disulfide bridges, 277 



Drosophilin (C and D). 4, 7 



Ecteola-Cellulose, 19. 20. 273 

 Electron excitation. 235 

 Electron transfer, 238 

 Electron microscopy of viruses. 97. 

 100, 124. 126 



Embryonic development, 120 

 End-group analysis, 275, 283 

 Energy, 106 



levels in enzymes, 236 



of activation, 234 



of growth, 121 



storage, in glycogen, 306 

 Enzyme-substrate interaction. 232 

 Enzymes, as analytical tools, 280, 286, 

 287 



condensing, 134 



in asymmetric synthesis, 157 



induced in bacteria, 112 

 Epoxides as inducing agents. 101 

 Ergosterol, 33 



Escherichia coli, bacteriophage, in, 96, 

 98 



/3-galactosidase, in, 112 



strain Ki 2 , 102, 37 



strain 15 T -, 78 



thymineless mutant, 78 

 Estrogens, 89 

 Ethylene imine as inducing agent, 101 



Fatty acids, 133 



activation of, 134 



biosynthesis of. 136. 137. 138 

 Ferritin, 198 



function of, 212 



structure of, 200 



transport of, 212 

 Ferrous ion effect on transforming 



principle, 334 

 Ficin, 114 



Flavoprotein, 229, 176, 137 

 Fluorene, 309 

 Fomecin (A and B), 2 

 Formylkynenurine, 278 

 Foster-nursing, 123 

 Free-energy change. 233. 106 

 Fructose-6-phosphate, 262 

 Fumarie acid. 228 

 Fumigatin, 3 



^-Galactosidasc, induced formation in 



E. coli, 112 

 Gelatin, as plasma substitute, 58 

 Geraniol, 23 

 Genuine. 308, 318 

 "Ghosts" of coliphage, 96 



