nucleoside?s are glycoside?s of bases, whereas nucleotides are the phosphate esters of nucleosides.
The names for each kind of molecule containing the same type of base are different, ie adenine vs adenosine vs adenosine monophosphate.
I'm not sure where this goes, but it should go in one of the biochemistry-related articles, and it should be borne in mind when writing and editing these articles.
(I have trouble keeping the nomenclature straight myself, having picked up most of my biochemistry along the way, rather than formally. So, this is why I'm maybe a little cranky on the issue ;-) --dja The bases are adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine, uracil.
The nucleosides are adenosine, guanosine, thymidine, cytidine, and uridine.
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