DNA Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. An enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of DNA at restriction sites, producing small fragments used for gene splicing
  2. 2. the range of wavelengths or frequencies over which electromagnetic radiation extends
  3. 3. the part of the electromagnetic spectrum to which the human eye is sensitive
  4. 6. thin layer chromatography
  5. 7. a technique used to replicate a fragment of DNA and produce a large amount of that sequence
  6. 12. chromatography employing a gas as the moving carrier medium
  7. 17. The cells found inside human cheeks
  8. 19. short pre-existing polynucleotide chain to which new deoxyribo nucleotides can be added by dNA polymerase.
  9. 20. A class of proteins that form much of the organic matrix during the early development of tooth enamel
  10. 22. The powerhouse of a cell
  11. 23. a simple organic compound containing both a carboxyl (—COOH) and an amino (—NH2) group.
  12. 24. the gene map of the entire chromosome set present in each nucleated human cell
  13. 25. any of several identical DNA segments lying one after the other in a sequence
Down
  1. 1. technique that exploits variations in homologous DNA sequences
  2. 4. a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells
  3. 5. Mixing a set of atomic orbitals to form a new set of atomic orbitals
  4. 8. found on the male-specific Y Chromosome
  5. 9. the movement of charged particles in a fluid or gel under the influence of an electric field.
  6. 10. A short sequence of DNA consisting of multiple repetitions of a set of two to nine base pairs
  7. 11. the separation of a mixture by passing it in solution or suspension or as a vapor
  8. 13. A sequencing approach that uses several pooled samples simultaneously, greatly increasingsequencing speed.
  9. 14. any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that consist of large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids
  10. 15. form the basic structural unit of nucleic acids such as DNA.
  11. 16. a substance that has a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together,
  12. 18. process of determining the precise order of nucleotides within a DNA molecule
  13. 21. The process of duplicating or producing an exact copy of a polynucleotide strand such as DNA