SUBJECT INDEX 



549 



Apyrase, nuclei and, 217 

 D-Arabinose, 266 



oxidation of, 268 



pentose isomerase and, 267 

 DL-Arabinose, excretion of, 272 

 L-Arabinose, 264, 265 



fermentation of, 269-270 



utilization by mammals, 271 

 Arabinose-5-phosphate, 251 



glucose oxidation and, 248, 250 



oxidation of, 268 

 Arabitol, 



oxidation of, 274 



pentose synthesis and, 266 

 Arabonic acid, formation of, 268 

 Arginase, 



localization of, 114, 116 



nuclei and, 134, 137, 139, 217 



nucleoli and, 147 

 Arginine, 79 



allantoin and, 278 



biotin and, 378 



nucleic acids and, 142, 493, 494 



purines and, 343 



uric acid and, 278 

 Argininosuccinic acid, pyrimidine syn- 

 thesis and, 307 

 Arsenate, 



nucleosidase and, 315, 318 



nucleoside phosphorylase and, 312 

 Arsenite, formate incorporation and, 378 

 Ascites tumor, nucleic acids and, 31 

 Ascorbic acid, 203 



cytochemistry and, 86 



deficiency, deoxyribonucleic acid and, 

 169 

 Asparagine, inosinic acid amination and, 



323 

 Aspartic acid, 



biotin and, 378 



hypoxanthine synthesis and, 284 



orotic acid and, 303-304, 305 



pyrimidine synthesis and, 298 



ureidosuccinic acid and, 306, 307 



uric acid and, 278, 283 

 Asters, mitotic, 152 

 ATP, see Adenosine triphosphate 

 Atrophy, muscle, nucleic acid and, 39 

 Aureomycin, 



nucleic acid synthesis and, 43, 418, 490 



protein synthesis and, 490 



Autolysis, Feulgen reaction and, 71 

 Auxochrome, basic dyes and, 52 

 Avidin, deoxypentose nucleic acid and, 



471 

 8-Azaguanine, 



formate incorporation and, 378 



incorporation of, 384, 478, 514 

 Azure B, 



alcohol and, 60 



binding, 



hot water and, 59 

 ultraviolet and, 63 



metachromasy of, 62-63 



methods, 91 



nucleic acid and, 54, 55, 63 



protein staining and, 54, 55 



B 



Bacitracin, nucleic acid synthesis and, 



419 

 Bacteria, 



deoxyribonucleic acid in, 165 



growth, nucleic acid and, 41-42 



mutations in, 450-451 

 Bacteriophage, see also Viruses 



acridines and, 442 



composition of, 460-461 



deoxypentose nucleic acid and, 460-470 



genetic aspects, 464-466 



host metabolism and, 465 



life cycle, 461-464 



protein, 



function, 461 

 synthesis, 465 



superinfection and, 463 



symbiotic, 467-468 



transduction and, 468-469 

 Barbiturase, 429 



products of, 428 

 Barbituric acid, 429 



catabolism of, 428 



morphogenesis and, 480 



uracil catabolism and, 428 

 Benzene, isolation of nuclei and, 113, 115 

 Benzidine, tetrazotized, nucleic acids 



and, 78 

 Benzimidazole, morphogenesis and, 480 

 Betaine aldehyde oxidase, mitochondria 



and, 221, 227 

 Biotin, purine synthesis and, 378 

 Bisulfite, Feulgen reaction and, 68, 74 



