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How many nucleotide bases occur in a nucleic acid?

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5 bases

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Nucleotides are to nucleic acids as amino acids are to?
Protein.
What are the nitrogen bases in nucleic acids?
In DNA adenine & thymine cytosine & guanine In RNA adenine & uracil cytosine & guanine (adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine and uracil)
What is the base unit of a nucleic acid?
The nitrogenous base units of a nucleic acid are Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, and Thymine. (in Dna) in RNA Thymine is replaced with Uracil. These base pair are often abreviated to A,C,T,G, and U....
How many base amino acids are there?
There are 64 codons (3-base code) that represent 20 amino acids and 3 stop signals. Click on the related link to see a table of DNA codons and the amino acids for which they code.
How many RNA nucleotides bases are there?
There are 5 RNA nucleotide bases: Adenine (A) Uracil (U) Guanine (G) Cytosine (C) Inosine (I)