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What is it? Deoxyribose sugar molecules bond with base pairs and phosphates to form nucleotides, the rungs in the twisted helix DNA molecule. Deoxyribose sugar molecules contain five carbon atoms. Give me an example! Think of deoxyribose sugar molecules and phosphates as the rails of the ladder-shaped DNA molecule, with base pairs forming the rungs. The whole thing is held together through chemical bonds that form between the molecules, and without the deoxyribose sugar molecules, you wouldn't have a complete ladder - just rungs! |
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