Terminology

[dakims]

can someone define these terms or maybe a brief description, I'm getting confused with all of them

nucleotide
nucleoside
dideoxynucleoside
dNTP
AMP

[meenkashi]

well..... a nucleotide has three components:
-pentose sugar
-phosphate grp
-nitrogen base......
forms d bckbone of d dna's doble helix.........

nucleosides......u hv fr eg- adenosine,guanosine....n ol.....dey r basically sugars attchd to bases........

dunno abt dideoxynucleosides.......bt deoxynucleosides r nthng bt sugar structrs werin d hydroxyl grp is replcd by H. .......

n dunno abt dNTP n AMP.........!

[meenkashi]

dNTP means deoxyribonucleotidetriphosphate