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Purine and Pyrimidine

Synthesis

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Nucleotides

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Nucleotides Synthesis

Biochemical pathway where nucleotides are synthesized newly from simple precursor

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Used to recover bases and nucleosides formed from degraded RNA and DNA

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Sources of different atoms in purine ring

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Sources of different atoms in pyrimidine ring

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Synthesis of pyrimidine