Nucleic acids are polymers of nucleotides, each consisting of a phosphate, sugar, and a nitrogenous base (A, G, C, T for DNA; A, G, C, U for RNA).
Nucleic acids are composed of nucleotides, which contain a phosphate, sugar, and nitrogenous base (A, G, C, T in DNA; A, G, C, U in RNA).
| Front | Nucleic Acids |
|---|---|
| Back | - base: nucelotides - nucleotides: phospate, sugar, nitrogenous base - sugars: DNA--adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine - sugars: RNA--adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil (instead of thymine) at, gc (or au for RNA) Purines: adenine, guanine Pyrimidines: uracil, thymine, cytosine |
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