home contact Nucleic Acids 101 DNA, Chromosomes, Genes Nucleic Acid Composition Nucleosides Nucleotides Practice Problem #1 Nucleic Acid Structure Watson-Crick Base Pairing Practice Problem #2 Nucleic Acids & Heredity DNA Replication RNA Structure & Function RNA Synthesis: Transcription The Genetic Code Protein Synthesis: Translation Initiation Elongation Termination Practice Problem #3 Test Your Knowledge! Email me at: yvette_petty@hotmail.com. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM #1 The compound contains a sugar and a nitrogen base, but no phosphate group, so it is a nucleoside. The sugar has an -H in the 2' position and is therefore deoxyribose. The base has 1 ring, so it is a pyrimidine. Back to "Nucleotides"

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