Bio 2

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Across
  1. 2. sequence of three DNA or RNA nucleotides that corresponds with a specific amino acid or stop signal during protein synthesis
  2. 4. a compound which is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids
  3. 8. Transfer ribonucleic acid
  4. 9. enzyme that synthesizes short RNA sequences
  5. 11. strand of nascent DNA whose direction of synthesis is opposite to the direction of the growing replication fork
  6. 13. a written or printed representation of something
  7. 14. chemical bond formed between two molecules when the carboxyl group of one molecule reacts with the amino group of the other molecule
  8. 15. a compound that occurs in guano and fish scales, and is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids
  9. 18. the process of translating words or text from one language into another
  10. 20. organic compounds that combine to form proteins
  11. 23. synthesizes RNA by following a strand of DNA
  12. 25. enzyme which can connect two strands of DNA together
Down
  1. 1. These enzymes are essential for DNA replication and usually work in groups to create two identical DNA
  2. 3. bind to the newly separated individual DNA strands
  3. 5. particle consisting of RNA and associated proteins found in large numbers in the cytoplasm of living cells
  4. 6. enzymes that participate in the overwinding or underwinding of DNA
  5. 7. single DNA strand that, during DNA replication, is replicated in the 3' – 5' direction
  6. 10. enzymes that bind and may even remodel nucleic acid
  7. 12. messenger carrying Instructions from dna
  8. 16. organic molecule that is the building block of DNA and RNA
  9. 17. Messenger RNA
  10. 19. one of the four nucleobases in the nucleic acid RNA that are represented by the letters A, G, C and U
  11. 21. the building blocks of a person
  12. 22. a compound found in living tissue as a constituent base of nucleic acids
  13. 24. a compound which is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids