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A compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to a phosphate group. Nucleotides form the basic structural unit of nucleic acids such as DNA.

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	~~See~~ [[~~Nucleotide~~\|~~nucleotide~~]]		A compound consisting of a [[Nucleoside\|nucleoside]] linked to a [[Phosphate_group\|phosphate group]]. Nucleotides form the basic structural unit of [[Nucleic_acids\|nucleic acids]] such as [[DNA\|DNA]].<br>

	~~A compound consisting of a nitrogenous base,~~ a phosphate group ~~and a sugar~~. Nucleotides ~~are bonded together by phosphate-sugar linkages to~~ form DNA ~~or RNA~~.