Nucleic Acids
Biology
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Nucleic acids are chains of 5-carbon sugars linked by _ _ bonds with an organic base protruding from each sugar.
phosphate
amino
carboxyl
phosphodiester
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Phosphodiester a covalent bond in RNA or DNA that holds a polynucleotide chain together by joining a phosphate group at position 5 in the pentose sugar of one nucleotide to the hydroxyl group at position 3 in the pentose sugar of the next nucleotide.