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A polymer of nucleotides
DNA is a very long molecule built from smaller repeating units called nucleotides. Each nucleotide contains a sugar, a phosphate group and one base attached to the sugar. DNA has four different bases, abbreviated A, C, G and T, so there are four different kinds of DNA nucleotide. The sugar and phosphate components are shared; it is the base that distinguishes one kind of nucleotide from another.
