Talk:Phoebus Levene

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The statement: "he also showed that the components were linked in the order phosphate-sugar-base." -- should this say, instead, "he also showed that the components were linked by alternating phosphate and sugar components (eg, "phosphate-sugar-phosphate-sugar-phosphate-sugar-phosphate-sugar")."? The base is not in the chain in the true structure, nor was it in his diagrams. -Madeleine 19:36, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I think I get it. It's means the components of a given nucleotide, not the chain. I'll just insert that word into the article. - Madeleine 19:44, 12 April 2007 (UTC)