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The nitrogenous base units of a nucleic acid are Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, and Thymine. (in Dna) in RNA Thymine is replaced with Uracil. These base pair are often abreviated to A,C,T,G, and U. Adenine will always pair with Thymine. Cytosine will always pair with guanine.

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