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Give the biological term for the repeating components of each DNA strand lengthwise.


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Nucleotides:

  1. Nucleotides are the longitudinally repeating components of each DNA strand.
  2. A nucleotide is a simple chemical molecule that is composed of a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and phosphate.
  3. DNA and RNA are polynucleotides made up of a succession of nucleotide monomers containing a variety of nitrogenous bases.
  4. Nucleotides are essential for metabolic and physiological processes.
  5. ATP(Adenosine Triphosphate) is the cell's currency.

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