The basic/structural unit of a nucleic acid is
The basic/structural unit of a nucleic acid is
A. pentose sugar
B. nucleoid
C. nucleoside
D. nucleotide
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Nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) are linear mixed polymers of nucleotides, so also called polynucleotides. Nucleic acids were first discovered by Miescher (1868-69) as nuclein and named nucleic acid by Altmann (1889). They are formed of C, H, O , N and P comprising nitrogenous heterocyclic bases viz purines or pyrimidines, pentose sugar and phosphoric acid.
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