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Nucleotides
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the building blocks (the monomers) of nucleic acid polymers
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nitrogenous base
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a single or double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms with functional groups
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pyrimidines
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the bases thymine (T) and cytosine (C) are single-ring structures
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purines
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adenine (A) and guanine (G) are larger, double-ring structures
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double helix
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a twisting shape
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DNA polymerases
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enzymes that make the covalent bonds between the nucleotides of the new DNA strands
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