Q. Nucleotide are building blocks of nucleic acids, nucleotide is a composite molecule formed by :
A) (base-sugar-phosphate)n
B) base-sugar-OH
C) base-sugar-phosphate
D) sugar-phosphate
Explanation
[Solution from source] A nucleotide is a nitrogenous base joined to a pentose sugar (a nucleoside) plus a phosphate group. '(base-sugar-phosphate)n' describes a polynucleotide chain, and 'base-sugar' alone is a nucleoside. Answer (3).
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