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Question
What are the nucleotides?
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Solution
- Nucleic acids are unbranched polymers of repeating monomers called nucleotides.
- A nucleotide is the fundamental unit of nucleic acids (RNA and DNA).
- A nucleotide is made up of a sugar molecule (verbose in RNA or deoxyribose in DNA) that is linked to a phosphate group and a nitrogen-containing base.
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