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a nucleoside consist of base and sugar but a nucleotide consist of base sugar and phosphate group

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A nucleoside is composed of a nitrogenous base and a sugar molecule, while a nucleotide is a nucleoside with one or more phosphate groups attached. Nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA, while nucleosides are not involved in DNA or RNA synthesis.

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nucleotides are made up of the pentose sugar , phosphate group and the base pairs where as nucleotides contain only the pentose sugar and phosphate group

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Q: What are the differences between nucleoside n nucleotide?
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