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Chemistry Question on Nucleic Acids

A unit in nucleic acid which contains ??ase-sugar phosphate??unit is called

A

nucleotide

B

nucleoside

C

phosphotide

D

polypeptide.

Answer

nucleotide

Explanation

Solution

When nucleoside (a unit formed by attachment of a base to sugar) is linked to phosphoric acid, the unit formed is called nucleotide.