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. 2008 Nov 7;8(11):7050–7084. doi: 10.3390/s8117050

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Properties of nucleic acids. a) The structures of deoxyribonucleotides and ribonucleotides, the building blocks of DNA and RNA, are illustrated. b) Pathway of base-mediated degradation of RNA. c) Hydrogen bonding between purine and pyrimidine nitrogenous bases.