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. 2009 Jul 10;36(4):253–262. doi: 10.1159/000225089

Table 1.

Molecular masses of nucleotidesa

Nucleotide Formula Molecular mass, Da Mass shift, Da
dATP C10H16N5O12P3 491.2 313.2
dTTP C10H17N2O14P3 482.2 304.2
dCTP C9H16N3O13P3 467.2 289.2
dGTP C10H16N5O13P3 507.2 329.2
ddATP C10H16N5O11P3 475.2 297.2
ddTTP C10H17N2O13P3 466.1 288.2
ddCTP C9H16N3012P3 451.1 273.2
ddGTP C10H16N5O12P3 491.2 313.2
a

Chemical composition of deoxy- as well as dideoxynucleotides and their molecular masses. The value for the mass shift refers to the respective increase in molecular mass when incorporated into a single stranded oli-gonucleotide.