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     Appendix 6
     Accepted Abbreviations and Symbols

     Term          Abbreviation  Term            Abbreviation or
                   or Symbol                     Symbol

     absorbance            A     coenzyme A            CoA
     acetyl                Ac    coulomb               C
     adenine               Ade   counts per minute     cpm

     adenosine             Ado   cytidine              Cyd
     adenosine             ADP cytidine                CDP
     5'-diphosphate              5'-diphosphate

     adenosine             AMP cytidine                CMP
                                 5'-monophosphate
     5'-
     monophosphate
     adenosine             ATP   cytidine              CTP     adenosine            ATPase cytosine       Cyt
     5'-triphosphate             5'-triphosphate               triphosphatase
     degree Celsius      °C

     alanine               Ala   deoxyribonuclease     DNase
     alternating           ac    deoxyribonucleic      DNA
     current                     acid
     ampere                A

     antibody              Ab    deoxyuridine          DUMP
                                 monophosphate
     antigen               Ag
     arabinose             Ara   diethylaminoethyl     DEAE-
                                 cellulose             cellulose
     bacille               BCG
     Calmette-                   electrocardiogram     ECG
     Guerin
     becquerel             Bq    electroencephalo-     EEG
                                 gram
     biological            BOD
     oxygen                      ethyl                 Et
     demand
     blood urea            BUN ethylenediaminete-      EDTA
     nitrogen                    traacetate
     boiling point         bp

     candela               cd    farad                 F
     system                CNS flavin adenine          FAD
     central nervous             dinucleotide








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