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to which carbon can another nucleotide be added to?
carbon 3
carbon 2
carbon 4
carbon 5
Brief Explanations
In nucleic - acid synthesis, nucleotides are added to the 3' carbon of the existing nucleotide chain. A phosphodiester bond is formed between the 3' - OH group of the last nucleotide in the chain and the 5' - phosphate group of the incoming nucleotide.
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A. Carbon 3