DNA structure Different form of DNA

DNA structure Different form of DNA

January 7, 2022

DNA structure Different form of DNA

Structural components of nucleic acids

  • Nucleic acids are made up of repeating units of nucleotides joined together by phosphodiester bonds.
  • Nucleotides are the phosphoric esters of nucleosides which are made up of pentose sugar and nitrogenous bases joined by N-glycosidic linkage.
  • The nitrogenous bases are derivatives of two parent compounds, pyrimidine and purine.

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