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Structure X includes a deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. What is this structure called?
A.
hydrogen bond
B.
complementary base pair
C.
nucleotide
D.
sugar-phosphate backbone
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C. nucleotide
A nucleotide is the monomer of DNA (and RNA) made of a phosphate group, a five-carbon sugar (deoxyribose in DNA), and a nitrogenous base. The sugar-phosphate backbone is the chain of sugars and phosphates; complementary base pairs are two paired bases held by hydrogen bonds.
A nucleotide is the monomer of DNA (and RNA) made of a phosphate group, a five-carbon sugar (deoxyribose in DNA), and a nitrogenous base. The sugar-phosphate backbone is the chain of sugars and phosphates; complementary base pairs are two paired bases held by hydrogen bonds.
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