Structure of a nucleotide

• Label this nucleotide

  A) phosphate group

  B) pentose sugar

  C) nitrogenous base

  
• Nucleotides join together by bond formation between the sugar of one and the phosphate of the next
• The bond between nucleotides is formed by condensation and is called a sugar-phosphate bond (or phosphodiester bond). This is called a polynucleotide