Nucleotides will be added in a ………..at the…….carbon position of the sugar molecule.
A) Complimentary manner, 5'
B) Complimentary manner, 1'
C) Complimentary manner, 2'
D) Complimentary manner, 10'
E) Complimentary manner, 3'

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Nucleotides will be added in a complimentary manner at the 3' carbon position of the sugar molecule. This is because the 3' carbon position has a hydroxyl (-OH) group, which can form a phosphodiester bond with the phosphate group of the incoming nucleotide. The 5' carbon position of the sugar molecule is already attached to a phosphate group and the 1' and 2' carbon positions are involved in forming the sugar ring structure. The 10' carbon position does not exist in nucleotides.

Nucleotides Will Be Added in a ………