568 



SUBJECT INDEX 



sedoheptulose and, 258 

 utilization by mammals, 271 

 Pentose phosphate isomerase, 252 

 ribose and, 251 

 sulfhydryl poisons and, 258 

 Pentoses, 

 excretion of, 271-272 

 fermentation of, 269-271 

 metabolism, 

 mammals, 271-272 

 microorganisms, 268-271 

 nucleic acid estimation and, 6 

 oxidation of, 268-269 

 phosphorylation of, 274 

 synthesis, acetate and, 262 

 Pentosuria, 



glucuronic acid and, 265 

 occurrence of, 272 

 Pepsin, nuclear lipid and, 122 

 Peptidases, 

 nuclei and, 138-139 

 protein synthesis and, 507-508 

 Perchloric acid, 

 nucleic acid estimation and, 5, 6, 7 

 pentose nucleic acid extraction and, 



79-80 

 ultraviolet absorption and, 84 

 Perinucleolar ring, nucleolar composi- 

 tion and, 150 

 Periodic acid-Schiff reaction, dye bind- 

 ing and, 55 

 Petroleum ether, isolation of nuclei and, 



114 

 Phenobarbital, nucleic acids and, 40 

 Phenylalanine, incorporation of, 512 

 Phenylhydrazine, 

 Feulgen reaction and, 68 

 pentose nucleic acid and, 40 

 phosphate incorporation and, 433 

 Phenylphosphate, phosphate transfer 



and, 330-331, 339, 392 

 9-Phenyl-2, 3 , 7-trihydroxy-6-fluorone (or 

 -xanthone), nucleic acid staining 

 and, 78 

 Phosphatase, 328 

 acid, 

 enucleated cells and, 502 

 mitochondria and, 221, 232 

 nuclei and, 138 

 nucleoli and, 146 

 alkaline, 241 



gradients, 480 

 nuclei and, 138, 139 

 nucleoli and, 146 

 cytidylic deaminase and, 324 

 cytoplasmic fractions and, 242 

 localization of, 203-204 

 nucleotide-N-ribosidase and, 330 

 phosphate transfer and, 330-331 

 deoxypentose nucleic acid metabolism 



and, 394-398 

 deoxyriboside nucleosidase and, 315 

 incorporation, 140, 196-197, 351, 357- 

 361, 362, 363, 364-365, 366, 367, 368- 

 369, 373, 374, 392, 405, 407, 408-410, 

 411, 412, 413, 415-416, 429, 430, 431- 

 432, 433, 457-458, 515 

 bacteriophage and, 461, 463, 466 

 cell fractions and, 496, 498, 499 

 estradiol and, 379 

 factors affecting, 430 

 folic acid and, 377 

 glycine and, 404 

 morphogenesis and, 480 

 nucleotides and, 400 

 progesterone and, 379 

 protein synthesis and, 511 

 virus and, 419-420, 421 

 vitamins and, 377, 378 

 nucleic acid synthesis and, 343 

 nucleoside hydrolase and, 314, 318 

 nucleoside phosphorylase and, 312 

 pentose nucleic acid metabolism and, 



398-402 

 purine synthesis and, 380 

 viral, fate of, 421, 422 

 Phosphate transfer, phenyl phosphate 



and, 392 

 Phosphoarginine, gene synthesis and, 513 

 Phosphodeoxyribomutase, characteris- 

 tics of, 267 

 Phosphoglucomutase, 275 

 ribose phosphates and, 267 

 soluble cytoplasm and, 241 

 6-Phosphogluconate, 

 glucose and, 248-249 

 pentoses and, 249-250 

 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, 

 distribution, 256-257 

 ribose and, 251 

 sulfhydryl poisons and, 258 



