Fig. 3: The Four Nitrogenous Bases in RNA: Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Uracil

Adenine and guanine are also known as purine bases; cytosine and uracil are also called pyrimidine bases. Each ribonucleotide will contain one of these four bases.


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