Deoxyribonucleotide

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 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.




References


Alberts, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, Walter; 2008, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th Edition, New York, Garland Science – Taylor & Francis Group