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Interpretation:
The structural formula for the tetranucleotide
Concept introduction: Carbohydrates are defined as the polyhydroxy
There are five nitrogenous bases adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine and uracil. A sugar unit attached to a base form a nucleoside unit. A nucleoside unit attached to a phosphate group together form a
In DNA the bases present are adenine
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