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The Nucleotide

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A DNA nucleotide is built from a deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate group, and one of four nitrogenous bases: adenine, thymine, guanine, or cytosine.

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Alternating sugar and phosphate groups form each strand's backbone, with one base attached to each sugar.

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A nucleotide's base identifies it — the sugar and phosphate are identical across all four DNA nucleotide types.