The fifth carbon on a pentose sugar

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ribose and deoxyribose. the 5-carbon sugars ribose and deoxyribose are important components of nucleotides, and are found in rna and dna, respectively. the sugars found in nucleic acids are pentose sugars; a pentose sugar has five carbon atoms. a combination of a base and a sugar is called a nucleoside.

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a researcher conducts an experiment on the secretion of a particular hormone in mice. scientists inject mice with a substance that stimulates the production of the hormone. the scientists then test the levels of hormones produced by the mice. the tool used to measure the hormones consistently detects the levels at 10 points lower than the actual hormone levels in the mice. this tool makes measurements, but the measurements aren't .

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