Contents of Volume 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 

 Columns 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 



Contents of Volume II 



16. The Nucleic Acid Content of Tissues and Cells by I. Leslie 



17. Cytochemical Techniques for Nucleic Acids by Hewson H. Swift 



18. The Isolation and Composition of Cell Nuclei and Nucleoli by Alexander L. 

 Dounce 



19. The Deoxyribonucleic Acid Content of the Nucleus by R. Vendrely 



20. Nucleic Acids in Chromosomes and Mitotic Division by B. Thorell 



21. The Cytoplasm by George H. Hogeboom and Walter Schneider 



22. Biosynthesis of Pentoses by Gertrude E. Glock 



23. Biosynthesis of Purines and Pyrimidines by Peter Reichard 



24. Biosynthesis of Nucleosides and Nucleotides by F. Schlenk 



25. Biosynthesis of Nucleic Acids by G. B. Brown and P. M. Roll 



26. The Metabolism of the Nucleic Acids by R. M. S. Smellie 



27. The Biological Role of the Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids by R. D. Hotchkiss 



28. The Biological Role of Pentose Nucleic Acids by J. Brachet 



