Contents of Voliune I 



1. Introduction by J. N. Davidson and Erwin Chargaff 



2. Chemistry of Ribose and Deoxyribose by W. G. Overend and M. Stacey 



3. Chemistry of Purines and Pyrimidines by Aaron Bendich 



4. Chemistry of Nucleosides and Nucleotides by J. Baddiley 



5. Hydrolysis of Nucleic Acids and Procedures for the Direct Estimation of Purine 

 and Pyrimidine Fractions by Absorption Spectrophotometry by Hubert S.Loring 



6. The Separation of Nucleic Acid Derivatives by Chromatography on Ion-Exchange 

 Colximns by Waldo E. Cohn 



7. Separation of Nucleic Acid Components by Chromatography on Filter Paper by 

 G. R. Wyatt 



8. The Electrophoretic Separation of Nucleic Acid Components by J. D. Smith 



9. Color Reactions of Nucleic Acid Components by Zacharias Dische 



10. Isolation and Composition of the Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids and of the Corre- 

 sponding Nucleoproteins by Erwin Chargaff 



11. Isolation and Composition of the Pentose Nucleic Acids and of the Corresponding 

 Nucleoproteins by B. Magasanik 



12. Evidence on the Nature of the Chemical Bonds in Nucleic Acids by D. M. Brown 

 and a. R. Todd 



13. The Physical Properties of Nucleic Acids by D. O. Jordan 



14. Optical Properties of Nucleic Acids and Their Components by G. H. Beaven, 

 E. R. Holiday, and E. A. Johnson 



15. Nucleases and Enzymes Attacking Nucleic Acid Components by G. Schmidt 

 Author Index — Subject Index 



