Given below are two statements : Statement I : A unit formed by the attachment of a base to 1' position of sugar is known as nucleoside. Statement II : When nucleoside is linked to phosphorous acid at 5' -position of sugar moiety, we get nucleotide. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
Statement I is true but Statement II is false
Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Statement I is true: A nucleoside is formed by the attachment of a nitrogenous base to the 1' position of a pentose sugar. Statement II is false: A nucleotide is formed when a nucleoside is linked to phosphoric acid (not phosphorous acid) at the 5'-OH position of the sugar moiety.
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