Nucleotide

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Monomer of nucleic acids

Composed of:

Nitrogenous (also nitrogen-containing or N-) base
- Pyrimidines (single ring):
  - Cytosine (abbr. C)
  - Thymine (abbr. T) (DNA only)
  - Uracil (abbr. U) (RNA only)
- Purines (double ring):
  - Adenine (abbr. A)
  - Guanine (abbr. G)
Pentose sugar
- Deoxyribose (DNA only)
- Ribose (RNA only)
Phosphate

[!abstract] Nucleoside
Subunit of a nucleotide consisting of the N-base and the sugar

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