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Phosphate and sugar make up the sides of a DNA ladder.
Deoxyribose Sugar. The deoxyribose sugar forms part of the backbone of each DNA strand, which line up along the outside of the whole DNA molecule. If you visualize the double helix forming a twisted ladder, the sugar forms part of the sides of the ladder. Deoxyribose is known as a five-carbon sugar because its five carbon atoms form the base of each intersection of the ring, to which other atoms bond.