Letter N

Nitrogenous base

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A molecule that contains nitrogen and has the chemical properties of a base.

The nitrogenous bases in DNA are adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), and cytosine (C).

The nitrogenous bases in RNA are the same with one exception: adenine (A), guanine (G), uracil (U), and cytosine (C)

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