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What are the three parts of a nucleotide?

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Nucleotides are made up of three basic components: a 5-carbon sugar called deoxyribose in DNA or Ribose in RNA , a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous (nitrogen-containing) base Purine ( Adenine , Guanine ) or Pyrimidine ( Cytosine , thymine , Uracil .)

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