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All BUT one of the following is a component of nucleic acids. Nucleic acids DO NOT contain A) phosphates. B) amino acids. C) ribose sugars. Eliminate D) nitrogenous bases

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The best answer is B.

Nucleic acids do not contain amino acids.  Nucleic acids are composed of nucleotides. Nucleotides are the building blocks of both DNA and RNA.

Nucleotides have a distinctive structure composed of three essential components which are covalently linked together.

1. Nitrogenous base which is either a pyrimidine (one ring) or a purine (two rings)

2. A five - carbon sugar  which is either ribose or deoxyribose.

3.  A phosphate group. 

DNA has deoxyribose sugar while RNA has ribose sugar.

Answer: me thinks B

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