584 



SUBJECT INDEX 



ribonucleic acid s}-nthesis and, 528, 

 530, 543 

 Rayleigh effect, 60-61 

 Resonance lamps, in photochemistry, 47 

 Reticulocytes, protein synthesis and, 



368-369 

 Ribonuclease 



amino acid activation and, 382-383 



E. coli and, 417 



protein synthesis and, 241, 352, 395, 

 445-446 



ribonucleic acid and, 444-446 



ribosomes and, 363 



tobacco mosaic virus and, 258, 260- 

 263, 266-272, 285-286, 289 

 Ribonucleic acid 



adenine, rate of incorporation, 428- 

 429 



adenosine-5'-phosphate incorporation 

 and, 134 



adenosine triphosphate incorporation 

 and, 134-135 



cytidine triphosphate incorporation 

 and, 136 



flexible polyelectrolyte and, 19, 36 



formaldehyde reaction, 274 



fractionation of, 416-417 



helical structure of, 361 



molecular weight of, 247, 260-263, 358 



nitrous acid inactivation, 278-280 



phosphorolysis of, 129-130 



protein synthesis and, 364, 371-372, 

 398-407, 442-446 



ribonuclease-resistant core, 85-86 



ribonucleoside-5'-phosphates, incor- 

 poration of, 132-134 



ribosomes and, 358 



structural protein and, 361-362 



sugar destruction in, 62-63 



synthesis of 



amino acids and, 438-439 

 bacteriophage and, 190, 214-216, 

 240-241 



cell membrane and, 429-430 

 deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis ab- 

 sent, 430-432, 



microbial enucleation and, 440-442 

 nucleotide incorporation and, 329 

 soluble ribonucleic acid and, 428- 

 429 



ultraviolet irradiation and, 80 

 viscosimetric behavior, 18 

 Ribonucleic acid, microbial 

 composition and 

 age dependence, 163-164 

 bacteria, atypical, 183-185 

 environment and, 164-165 

 species specificity of, 175-181 

 content variation and, 151-155 

 deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis and, 



153, 155 

 growth and, 151-155 

 index of composition, 176-180 

 inhibitors and, 152, 154 

 metabolic stability of, 422-423 

 methylated purine bases of, 160-161 

 minor constituents of, 159-161 

 nitrogenous constituents, 159-161 

 protein synthesis and, 152-155 

 spores and, 153 

 sugars of, 159 

 Ribonucleic acid, virus, see Viruses 

 Ribonucleoprotein particles, see Ribo- 

 somes 

 Ribonucleo proteins 

 bonds of, 59 

 E. coli and, 416-417 

 molecular weight of, 416-417 

 precursor for, 430 



protein-forming system and, 443-444 

 Ribonucleoside-5'-diphosphate, precur- 

 sors of ribopolynucleotides, 124-132 

 Ribonucleoside-5'-tri phosphate 



adenosine triphosphate and, 134-136 

 cytidine triphosphate and, 135-136 

 end addition to ribopolynucleotides, 



134-135 

 enzymes for addition, 134-136 

 interior incorporation to ribopolynu- 

 cleotides, 136 

 ribopolynucleotides, precursors for, 

 132-136 

 Ribonucleotides, polymerization of, 123 

 Ribo-oligonucleotides, phosphorolysis 



of, 130 

 Ribopolynucleotides, enzymic synthesis 

 of 

 mammalian systems, 132-136 

 microorganisms and, 124-132 

 phosphorolysis of products, 129-130 



