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^Estimoted or calculated from available data. 

 "Initial concentraTion. 

 *^Finol concentration. 

 Decrease in log of molar concentration of oxidized 



cytochrome c per minute for 1:150 tissue dilution. 

 *Decreo$e in log of molar concentration of reduced 



cytochrome c per minute for 1:100 tissue dilution. 



^Alog [cytochrome c]/mg. wet wt./min. 



B-A log [ferricytochrome c]/mg. protein/min. 



"Moles substrate converted/kilo protein/hour (Fo 

 axoplasm, protein = totoi protein; for sheath, 

 protein of non-collagenous component). 



*A log [ferricytochrome cl/mg. protein/min. 



JA log [CyFe**]/min. 



"^Activity/mg. N when standard octivity = 

 A log {CyFe**) finol tissue dilution 



St TOO 



'Activity/mg, protein when activity ■ 

 Alog [cytochrome c] 



At (min.) 



'"my moles cytochrome c reduced (mg. N) ^ min. 



"mM moles DPNH oxidized (mg. N)"^ min. _^ 



° mti moles cytochrome c oxidized (mg. N) min. 



•^Moles cytochrome c reduced/mg. ti ssue/5 min. at 

 10°C. (extinction coefficient of reduced cyto- 

 chrome c taken as 2.8x 10"' cm.Vmol.). 



''O. D. of cleor supernotont when measured at 520 m^i. 



■"A 0. D./mg. protein/min. 



^Moles DPN reduced/g. wet wt./hr. 



'Additional respiratory dato on invertebrate tissues 



present in original paper and not included in 



Section 2. 



