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INDEX 



Nucleoproteins (continuation) 

 — , deoxypentose — and their pros- 

 thetic groups, 39-59 

 — , distinction between pentose — 

 and deoxypentose — , 64, 79, 80 



— as fibrous proteins, 40 



— , fractional dissociation of artifi- 

 cial complexes, 46, 47 



— , function of the nucleic acid and 

 of the protein part in — , 107 



— , native state, 42, 43 



— , nucleic acid content, 43 



— , remarks on — , 96 



— and RNA's, 92-96 

 Nucleotide arrangement in different 



DNA's of animal origin (table), 

 137, 138 



— in the DNA of E. coli grown in 

 the absence and presence of 5- 

 bromouracil, 142-146 



— in a microbial DNA of the GC 

 type (table), 140-142 



— in the total deoxyribonucleic 

 acid of rye germ and in a com- 

 plete series of fractions, 137-140 



Nucleotide ratios in ribonucleopro- 



teins, 69, 94, 119, 120 

 Nucleotide sequence in DNA (see 



also sequence analysis), 126-158 



Order of alignment of the nucleo- 

 tide monomers in a nucleic acid 

 chain and coding of information, 

 123 



Organ specificity of composition of 

 nucleic acids, 12, 66 



Ox tissues, composition of DNA of 

 thymus, spleen, liver, 12, 14, 15, 

 30,87 



— , molar ratios in DNA, 14, 15, 

 30, 87, 92 



— , nucleotide ratios in ribonucleo- 

 proteins of liver, 94, 119 



— , — in RNA of liver, 17, 69 



— , pyrimidine 3',5'-diphosphates 

 from DNA, differential analysis, 

 pyrimidine distribution, 92, 122, 

 138 



Paper chromatography of purines 

 and pyrimidines, 5, 7-9, 149, 180 



Paracentrotus lividus, differential 

 distribution analysis of sperm 

 DNA, 138 



— DNA, 87 



— , eggs and embryos, nucleotide 

 ratios in ribonucleoproteins, 69, 

 94, 119 



Pentose nucleic acid(s) (PNA, ribo- 

 nucleic acids, RNA) 



— , action of ribonuclease, 34, 35 



— , composition, 15-17, 93 



— , — in animal tissues (table), 17 



— , — in several preparations from 

 yeast and liver (table), 93 



— , — in yeast (table), 16 



— , differences between — of the 

 same organ of different species 

 and of different organs of the 

 same species, 17 



— , — in composition between nu- 

 clear and cytoplasmic RNA in 

 liver, 25 



— , — between RNA's from differ- 

 ent locations within the cell, 

 69-70 



— and differentiation, 22 



— , equality in the proportion of 

 6-amino and 6-keto compounds 

 and system for transfer of infor- 

 mation, 52, 66, 74, 93, 106 



— , frequency distribution of vari- 

 ous nucleotide ratios in total — 

 of 104 samples, 94 



— , guanine content of RNA of 

 pancreas, 17 



— , isolation from animal tissues, 7 



— , location in cells, differences be- 

 tween nuclear and cytoplasmic — , 

 25 



— , methods of analysis, 15, 16 



— , — of hydrolysis, 15, 16 



— , molecular weight, 4 



— and nucleoproteins, 92 



— , nucleotide ratios in various or- 

 ganisms and organs (table), 69 

 — , preparation, 7 



