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Phosphate and sugar make up the sides of a DNA ladder.
2015-02-15T06:31:42-05:00. The hydrogen bonds could be seen as the horizontal bars across the ladder, as in DNA they are found between the backbones. The sugar-phosphate backbones could be seen as the 2 vertical, long parts either side or the ladder. This is because in DNA the backbones run along either side of the hydrogen bonds and bases.