Deoxyribonucleotide
A Deoxyribonucleotide is a nucleotide, having a purine or a pyrimidine base bonded to a deoxyribose.
There are four different types of deoxyribonucleotides, they can also be called deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates (dNTPs): dATP (Deoxyadenosine Triophosphate), dCTP (Deoxycytidine Triophosphate), dGTP Deoxyguanine Triophosphate), dTTP (Deoxythymine Triophosphate).
Each of these is one of the purine or pyrimidine bases that become the building blocks for DNA[1].
References
- ↑ Alberts, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, Walter; 2008, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th Edition, New York, Garland Science – Taylor and Francis Group