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On Which ends is the phosphate group on a nucleotide
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On Which ends is the phosphate group on a nucleotide

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The sugar is the 3' end, and the phosphate is the 5' end of each nucleiotide. The phosphate group attached to the 5' carbon of the sugar on one nucleotide forms an ester bond with the free hydroxyl on the 3' carbon of the next nucleotide.
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