nucleotide structure
What nucleotide structure means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Each nucleotide is made of a phosphate group, a deoxyribose sugar and a nitrogenous base.
Formed from a pentose, a nitrogen-containing organic base and a phosphate group.
Topics that use nucleotide structure
- Structure of DNA and RNA (AQA A-Level)
- Nucleotides and nucleic acids (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- ATP and ADP as energy carriers
- base sequence
- Codon–anticodon pairing and peptide bond formation
- Cold conditions protecting DNA and aiding precipitation
- complementary base pairing
- Complementary base pairing of free nucleotides
- Condensation polymerisation
- condensation reaction
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