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Basic Medicine - Set 26
Which of the following is not a part of a nucleotide?
Explanation
ExplanationNucleotides are phosphate esters of a five carbon sugar, either ribose of 2’-deoxyribose. The nitrogenous base is covalently linked to the C1 carbon of this pentose sugar to form the nucleotide. Hydrogen bond is made by the bases to hold the two strands of DNA together and is not a part of the nucleotide.
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