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Nucleotide Nomenclature
| RNA | |||
| Nitrogen Base | Nucleoside (N Base+Sugar) | Nucleotide (N Base+Sugar+PO4) | Nucleotide used in RNA synthesis |
| adenine (A) | adenosine | adenylic acid (adenosine monophosphate: AMP) |
adenosine triphosphate (ATP) |
| guanine (G) | guanosine | guanylic acid (guanoside monophosphate: GMP) |
guanoside triphosphate (GTP) |
| cytosine (C) | cytidine | cytidylic acid (cytidine monophosphate: CMP) |
cytidine triphosphate (CTP) |
| uracil (U) | uridine | uridylic acid (uridine monophosphate: UMP) |
uridine trisphophate (UTP) |
| DNA | |||
| Nitrogen Base | Nucleoside (N Base + Sugar) | Nucleotide (N Base + Sugar + PO4) | Nucleotide used in DNA synthesis |
| adenine (A) | deoxyadenosine | deoxyadenylic acid (deoxyadenosine monophosphate: dAMP) |
deoxyadenosine triphosphate (dATP) |
| guanine (G) | deoxyguanosine | deoxyguanylic acid (deoxyguanoside monophosphate: dGMP) |
deoxyguanoside triphosphate (dGTP) |
| cytosine (C) | deoxycytidine | deoxycytidylic acid (deoxycytidine monophosphate: dCMP) |
deoxycytidine triphosphate (dCTP) |
| thymine (T) | deoxythymidine | deoxythymidylic acid (deoxythymidine monophosphate: dTMP) |
deoxythymidine trisphophate (dTTP) |