Chapter 8

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Across
  1. 3. protein producers
  2. 4. total sum of genetic material of a living organism or virus
  3. 5. set of operator and promoter sites and the structural genes they control
  4. 8. synthesize an RNA molecule
  5. 12. distinct cellular structure composed of DNA and protein
  6. 13. turns on gene expression, initiated by an inducer
  7. 14. controls transcription of structural genes by binding to a repressor protein
Down
  1. 1. where RNA polymerase initiates transcription
  2. 2. groups of 3 nucleotides in mRNA that encode for an amino acid
  3. 4. study of inheritance, or heredity of living things
  4. 6. expression of the genotype creates traits
  5. 7. event in which one bacterium donates DNA to another bacterium
  6. 9. mRNA used to make protein, tRNA carriers a specific type of amino acid, rRNA composes the ribosome
  7. 10. inhibits gene expression and decreases protein synthesis
  8. 11. the sum of all genes types