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19 November, 09:38

The drug dideoxycytidine (used to treat certain viral infections) is a nucleotide made with 2',3'-dideoxyribose. this sugar lacks - oh groups at both the 2'and 3' positions. explain why this drug stops the growth of a dna chain when added to dna.

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  1. 19 November, 10:00
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    Dideoxycytidine stops the growth of DNA chain when added to the DNA, because free nucleotides combine with - OH groups. In other words, they have nothing to join with when they are not in that place.
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