Metabolism of Nucleic Acids

Abstract

This review with 225 references includes the following topics: RNA synthesis as a function of growth rate, metabolic stability of RNA, heterogeneity of RNA, sites of RNA synthesis, DNA reduplication in vivo, time relationship in DNA, RNA and protein synthesis, nucleotide pools and their relationship to nucleic acid metabolism, regulation of nucleic acid synthesis, nucleotide metabolism, nucleotide derivatives, interference with nucleic acid metabolism and nucleases.