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Phosphate and sugar make up the sides of a DNA ladder.
In this model of a very short section of DNA you can see how the A-T and C-G base pairs make up the rungs of the ladder and the sugars and phosphates make up the two long strands.hese two models shows how all the atoms of the sugars, phosphates and nitrogenous bases fit together to make the spiral staircase or twisted ladder shape first suggested by the x-ray diffraction pictures of DNA taken by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins.