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Purine and Pyrimidine Synthesis

What forms a nucleic acid structure?

What forms a nucleic acid structure?

The four nitrogenous bases present in DNA are adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C) and thymine (T). Adenine and guanine are purines and cytosine and thymine are pyrimidines.

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