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 Nucleotides: Building Blocks Of Nucleic Acids

Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogen-containing aromatic


base attached to a pentose (five-carbon) sugar, which is in
turn attached to a phosphate group.

 If the sugar is a compound ribose,


the polymer is RNA (ribonucleic acid); if the sugar
is derived from ribose as deoxyribose, the polymer
is DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).

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