Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (12th Edition)

by Timberlake, Karen C.

Published by Prentice Hall

ISBN 10: 0321908449

ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-844-5

Chapter 17 - Section 17.2 - Primary Structure of Nucleic Acids - Questions and Problems - Page 596: 17.11

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3′-hydroxyl group of a sugar (ribose) or (deoxyribose) and a phosphate group on the 5′-carbon of another sugar hold the nucleotides in nucleic acids together by phosphodiester bonds.

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