Nucleotides link via condensation reactions through phosphodiester bonds, forming a phosphate backbone by covalently bonding the phosphate group of one nucleotide to the hydroxyl group on the sugar of the next.
Nucleotides link via condensation reactions through phosphodiester bonds, forming a phosphate backbone by covalently bonding the phosphate group of one nucleotide to the hydroxyl group on the sugar of the next.
| Front | how nucleotides link 2.1.2(b)and2.1.3(a),(b) |
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| Back | - condensation reaction where PO4 group at 5` covalently bonds with OH groups on sugar at 3` of next nucleotide - bonds are phosphodiester bonds, which form phosphate backbone |
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