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When adenine is attached to ribose sugar...

When adenine is attached to ribose sugar, it is called adenosine . To make a nucleotide from it, would require

A

oxygenation

B

addition of a base

C

addition of phosphate

D

hydrogenation

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C
addition of phosphate
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