Concept explainers
(a)
Interpretation:
The structure for a
Concept Introduction:
Each nucleotide consists of sugar that is either ribose or deoxyribose, one of the nitrogenous bases, and one or more phosphoryl groups. The nucleotide that contains the ribose sugar is termed as ribonucleotide while the one that has deoxyribose sugar is termed as deoxyribonucleotide.
The only difference is the presence of hydrogen atom at the 2’ position in case of deoxyribose compared to ribose.
(b)
Interpretation:
The structure for the nucleotide that consists of
Concept Introduction:
Refer to part (a).
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