| Other methylations of the bases or of the deoxyribose are sometimes induced by carcinogens. |
| If you visualize DNA as a ladder, the sides of the ladder are made of the phosphate and deoxyribose molecules, and the rungs are made of two different nitrogen bases. |
| Another difference between DNA and RNA is that RNA contains ribose, rather than deoxyribose. |
| Certain glycosylases also have abasic lyase activity, cleaving the phosphodiester bond adjacent to the abasic deoxyribose residue. |
| It can also be formed by oxidative deoxyribose breakdown or autoxidation of sugars, such as glucose, and it plays a role in the pathophysiology of diabetes and ageing. |
| The backbone of both strands in the double helix is a chain of linked phosphate and deoxyribose molecules. |
