Glossary

These are subunits of nucleic acids. They consist of:

1. 5-Carbon sugar

2. Phosphate group

3. Nirogenous base

A DNA nucleotide consists of

1. A sugar: deoxyribose

2. A phosphate group

3. Four nitrogenous bases

adenine

guanine

cytosine

thymine

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