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Nucleotides are building blocks of nucleic acids. Each nucleotide is a composite molecule formed by `:`

A

base-sugar-phosphate

B

base-sugar-OH

C

`("base-sugar-phosphate")_(n)`

D

sugar -phosphate

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Nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA). A single nucleotide is composed of a phosphate molecule, a five carbon sugar (either ribose or deoxyribose) and a purine (adenine or guanine) or a pyrimidine (thymine or cytosine or uracil) nitrogenous base.
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