Nucleoside: composed of sugar and base, it is one of the building blocks of nucleic acid and also participates in energy transport and signal transduction. Nucleotide: composed of nucleoside and phosphate, it is the basic unit of DNA and RNA and has important energy and signal transduction functions. Oligonucleotide: short-chain nucleic acid, commonly used in molecular biology techniques such as gene research, gene editing, and gene silencing.