Before we continue some terminology Nucleotide name table P lines rimidin es Aden ine(a) Guanine(G) Cytosine(C) Thy mine(t) Uracil (U) Nucleotides in dna deoxyadenylate deoxyguany late deoxycytidy late deoxythy midylate thymid late Nucleotides in rna aden ylate guany late cytidy late uridylate Abbreviations Nucleo sid AMP GMP CMP TMP UMP monophos phates Nucleoside A DP GDP CDP TDP UDP diphos ph Nucleo side GTP CTP UTP trip hos phates For deoxynucleotides add 'd in front of the above three e.g., AMP is a ribonucleotide, dAMP is a deoxyribonucleotideBefore we continue some terminology Nucleotide Name Table Purines Pyrimidines Adenine (A) Guanine (G) Cytosine (C) Thymine (T) Uracil (U) Nucleotides in DNA deoxyadenylate deoxyguanylate deoxycytidylate deoxythymidylate or thymidylate Nucleotides in RNA adenylate guanylate cytidylate uridylate Abbreviations Nucleoside monophosphates AMP GMP CMP TMP UMP Nucleoside diphosphates ADP GDP CDP TDP UDP Nucleoside triphosphates ATP GTP CTP TTP UTP For deoxynucleotides add 'd' in front of the above three. e.g., AMP is a ribonucleotide, dAMP is a deoxyribonucleotide