The nucleotides in DNA are made up of three basic components, a sugar, a phosphate and one of four possible bases. The order and sequence of these bases is what encodes genetic information. The four...
in general, sugar (deoxyribose for DNA, ribose for RNA), a phophate group and a nitrogenous base. the base is the part that can be refered to as U, A, T, G or C and is the place where the information...