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Nucleotides are a type of molecule composed by a nitrogenated base (iether purine or pyrimidin) bounded to a pentose (either ribose or deoxyribose) which is bounded to a chain of 1 to 3 inorganic phosphates (mono, di and triphosphates).

They are different from nucleosides in the pressence of phosphate, nucleosides lack phosphates, nucleotides posses phosphates.

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