Contents 



Contributors to Volume III v 



Preface vii 



Contents of Volume I and Volume II xiii 



Errata, Volume I and Volume II xv 



29. Deoxyribonucleic Acids as Macromolecules by C. L. Sadron 1 



I. Introduction 1 



II. A Brief Survey of the General Principles of the Determination of Weight, 



Shape, and Dimensions of Large Molecules in Solution 2 



III. DNA Particles in Dilute Solutions 15 



IV. Conclusions 33 



30. Photochemistry of Nucleic Acids and Their Constituents by D. Shugar 39 



I. Introduction 40 



II. Principles of Photochemistry 40 



III. Photochemical Techniques 46 



IV. Optical Properties and Techniques 50 



V. Photochemistry of Nucleic Acid Constituents 61 



VI. Photochemistry of Nucleic Acids 79 



VII. Reversibility of Nucleic Acid Photolysis 86 



VIII. Radiation Receptors in Living Organisms 90 



IX. Viruses 93 



X. Photoreactivation 96 



XI. Addendum 100 



XII. General Bibliography 103 



31. Chemical and Enzymic Synthesis of Polynucleotides by H. Gobind Khorana 



I. Abbreviated Formulations and Nomenclature of Polynucleotides 105 



II. Chemical Synthesis of Polynucleotides 108 



III. Enzymic Synthesis of Ribopolynucleotides 124 



IV. Enzymic Synthesis of Deoxyribopolynucleotides 136 



32. Chemistry of the Nucleic Acids of Microorganisms by A. N. Belozersky and 

 A. S. Spirin 



I. Introduction 147 



II. Nucleic Acid Content and Dynamics 148 



III. Constituents of Nucleic Acids 156 



IV. Nucleic Acid Composition and Specificity 161 



33. The Nucleic Acids of the Bacterial Viruses by Robert L. Sinsheimer 



I. Introduction 187 



II. Nucleic Acids of the T-Even Phages 193 



III. Nucleic Acids of Other T Bacteriophages 229 



IV. Nucleic Acids of Temperate Bacteriophages 235 



V. Nucleic Acids of Minute Bacteriophages 242 



VI. Conclusion 244 



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