Population and structures of each of the forms observed of the sugar that forms part of DNA. (IMAGE)

University of the Basque Country

Population and structures of each of the forms observed of the sugar that forms part of DNA.

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On the left, the structures are completely isolated from any external agent (solvent, crystalline bundling) and on the right, the structures in water. In the most abundant structure, the solid dots indicate the experimentally determined positions for each atom.

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Emilio J. Cocinero

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