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3' - also pronounced 3 prime. The prime numbers comes from which carbon on the sucker part of the base, the attachment is made. 5 prime means that the connection is made on the fifth carbon and 3 prime means that connection is made on the third carbon. It is also used to state reading direction in RNA. 

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