Nucleic Acids

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Nucleic acids

Organic compounds that form genes.
NUCLEIC = NUCLEUS → genetic information.

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Nucleic acids contain..

C, O, H, N, P

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Nucleotide

building block of nucleic acids.
NUCLEOTIDE = nucleotide = nucleic acid building block.

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3 parts of a nucleotide

  1. Nitrogenous base

  2. 5-carbon sugar

  3. phosphate group.
    "Base + Sugar + Phosphate."


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5 Nitrogenous base

a= adenine

g=guanine

c=cytosine

t=thymine

u=uracil