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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)


RNA-DNA Comparison
RNA