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Phosphate and sugar make up the sides of a DNA ladder.
Report Abuse. The structure of DNA is a double helix, much like a ladder that is twisted into a spiral shape. The nucleotide bases (A, T, C, G) that make up your genetic code are found in pairs in the middle of the helix.he base pairs that make up the rungs of the ladder are attached to the sugars in the sugar-phosphate chains that form the uprights of the ladder. Source(s): Nucleic Acids DNA and RNA by Anthony Carpi, Ph.D. at Vision Learning http://www.visionlearning.com/library/mo...