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What are the components of a nucleotide ?

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1. A pentose sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogen base are the 3 components of a nucleotide.
2. The pentose sugar is ribose in nucleotides of RNA and it is deoxyribose in nucleotides of DNA.
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