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Nucleotides

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Definition of Nucleotides

A subunit of DNA or RNA consisting of a nitrogenous base (adenine, guanine, thymine, or cytosine in DNA -- adenine, guanine, uracil, or cytosine in RNA), a phosphate molecule, and a sugar molecule (deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA).

Nucleotides is from the group

Nucleic Acids Nucleosides and Nucleotides

Other Names for Nucleotides

Nucleotide
Base
Nucleotides

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