Biology GCSE
Nucleotide
What Nucleotide means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The repeating unit of DNA, containing a common sugar called deoxyribose, a phosphate group, and one of four different bases.
A repeating monomer unit of the DNA polymer, made up of a phosphate group, a deoxyribose sugar and one of four bases.
Topics that use Nucleotide
- DNA structure (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Amino acid sequence
- Base sequence
- Carrier molecules
- codon
- Complementary base pairing
- degenerate
- double helix
- Enzyme action
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