Front Cover

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Progress in NucIeic Acid Research and Molecular Biology, Volume 8

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Copyright Page

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List of Contributors

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Preface

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Abbreviations and Symbols

pp.：  10 – 16

Contents

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Contents of Previous Volumes

pp.：  16 – 22

Some Articles Planned for Future Volumes

pp.：  22 – 26

Chapter 1. Nucleic Acids—The First Hundred Years

pp.：  26 – 34

Chapter 2. Nucleic Acids and Protamine in Salmon Testes

pp.：  34 – 62

Chapter 3. Experimental Approaches to the Determination of the Nucleotide Sequences of Large Oligonucleotides and Small Nucleic Acids

pp.：  62 – 74

Chapter 4. Alterations of DNA Base Composition in Bacteria

pp.：  74 – 98

Chapter 5. Chemistry of Guanine and Its Biologically Significant Derivatives

pp.：  98 – 140

Chapter 6. Bacteriophage ΦX174 and Related Viruses

pp.：  140 – 196

Chapter 7. The Preparation and Characterization of Large Oligoribonucleotides

pp.：  196 – 234

Chapter 8. Purine N-Oxides and Cancer

pp.：  234 – 282

Chapter 9. The Photochemistry, Photobiology, and Repair of Polynucleotides

pp.：  282 – 322

Chapter 10. What Really is DNA? Remarks on the Changing Aspects of a Scientific Concept

pp.：  322 – 360

Chapter 11. Recent Nucleic Acid Research in China

pp.：  360 – 384

Author Index

pp.：  384 – 412

Subject Index

pp.：  412 – 416