Nucleic acids

• define nucleic acid and describe the structure

of DNA.
• differentiate between nucleotide and
nucleoside.
• classify nucleotides according to their sugar
molecules and nitrogen bases.
A nucleoside with a phosphate group at the 5' carbon is called
a nucleotide.
Nucleosides and nucleotides are named according to the specific
nitrogenous base (A, T, G, C, and U) that is part of the building
block.