562 



SUBJECT INDEX 



D-Mannuronic acid, 264 



May-Grunwald stain, 195 



Meiosis, deoxypentose nucleic acid and, 



173-174 

 Melanin, granules, isolation of, 214-215 

 Mercaptoethanol, energy-rich bonds 



and, 513 

 Mercury, dye binding and, 58 

 Meristems, pentose nucleic acid in, 63 

 Metabisulfite, Feulgen reaction and, 74 

 Metachromasy, 



factors affecting, 62-63 



nucleic acid differentiation and, 61-63 

 Methionine, 



carboxamide formation and, 288 



incorporation of, 501, 505 

 A-Methopterin, nucleic acid synthesis 



and, 376-377 

 Methylalloxan, uric acid degradation 



and, 282 

 Methyl amine, 



uracil degradation and, 296 



uric acid degradation and, 282 

 5-Methylbarbituric acid, 



catabolism of, 428-429 



thymine catabolism and, 428 

 Methylbutyrase, microsomes and, 236, 



237 

 5-Methylcytosine, 



catabolism of, 428 



deamination of, 324 



nucleoside phosphorylase and, 337 



sources, 454-455 



transglycosidase and, 320 

 5-Methylcytosine deoxyriboside, 318-319 



deamination of, 324 



formation of, 324 



thymidine and, 324 

 2'-Methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene, 



carcinogenesis and, 30 



mitochondria and, 243 

 3'-Methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene, 

 170 



carcinogenesis and, 30 

 Methylene blue, 



Golgi substance and, 215, 216 



nucleic acid polymerization and, 53 

 Methyl green, 



affinities of, 58-59 



alcohol and, 60 



binding. 



hot water and, 59 

 protein and, 59 

 nucleic acids and, 64, 186-187, 188 

 measurements, 63 

 polymerization, 53 

 protein amino groups and, 56 

 specificity of, 203 

 Methyl green-pyronin, 

 methods, 91-92 

 nucleoli and, 148-149, 150 

 protein synthesis and, 486-487 

 Methyl orange, protein binding and, 54 

 5-Methylorotic acid, incorporation of, 



319 

 5-Methylorotic acid deoxyriboside, 319 

 Methyl-D-ribosides, nucleoside phos- 

 phorylase and, 312 

 Methylthiouracil, nucleic acids and, 49- 



50 

 1-Methyluracil, uracil degradation and, 



296 

 3-Methyluric acid, uric acid degradation 



and, 282 

 9-Methyluric acid, uric acid degradation 



and, 282 

 Micronucleus, nucleic acids of, 171, 174 

 Microorganisms, 



deoxyribonucleic acid in, 165, 179 

 pentose metabolism, 

 fermentative, 269-271 

 oxidative, 268-269 

 pentose nucleic acid in, 490 

 phosphorus in, 5 

 protein synthesis in, 490 

 purine utilization in, 353-356 

 Microsomes, 



aggregation of, 211 



antigens and, 505 



contamination by, 208 



diet and, 505-506 



evocation and, 484, 485, 486, 514 



gradients and, 480 



inheritance and, 454 



isolation of, 102, 208, 212, 213-214 



isotope incorporation in, 496-497, 498, 



503, 504-505, 506 

 maintenance of, 501 

 morphogenesis and, 482 

 nature of, 211, 495-496 

 nucleases and, 218-219 



