How would you describe the phosphate group in DNA besides saying it is a Oxygen double bonded to 4 phosphates?

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frostbite · Answer

I wouldn't say that at all.
Mostly because
1) inorganic phosphate is $\sf PO_4^{-3}$
2) Because it ins't a inorganic phosphate but a phosphodiester, which you can explain as a inorganic phopshate reacting with two hydroxyl groups (in this case from ribose) to form a ester bound.

anonymous · Answer

These days, most people know about DNA as a complex molecule which carries the genetic code. Most will also have heard of the famous double helix.

anonymous · Answer

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