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^Estimated or calculoted from available data. 



"Initial concentration. 



'^Final concentration. 



''Decreose in tog of molar concentrotion of oxidized 



cytochrome c per minute for 1:150 tissue dilution. 

 •Decrease in log of molar concentration of reduced 



cytochrome c per minute for 1:100 tissue dilution. 



'A log [cytochrome c]/mg. wet wt./min. 



8-A log [ferricytochfome c]/mg. protein/min. 



^Moles substrate converted/kilo protein/hour {Fo 

 axoplasm, protein = total protein; for sheath, 

 protein of non*collagenous component). 



'A log I ferricvtochrome cl/mg. protein/min. 



iA lo9TCyF.**l/min. 



'^Activity/mg. N when standard activity = 

 A log (CyFe*'*') final tissue dilution 



^t '^ Too ' 



'Activity/mg. protein when activity = 

 Alog [cytochrome c] 



A t (min.) 



^mfi moles cytochrome c reduced (mg. N)^* mm. 



"mymoles DPNH oxidized (mg.N) 'min. ^ 



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



^Moles cytochrome c reduced/mg. tissue/5 min. at 

 10°C. (extinction coefficient of reduced cyto- 

 chrome c taken os 2.8 x 10 ' cm.Vmol.). 



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



''A 0. D./mg. protein/min. 



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



'Additional respirotory dota on invertebrote tissues 



present in original paper and not included in 



Section 2. 



