Genetics and DNA

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Across
  1. 1. nitrogenous base that is comlimentary to adenine
  2. 3. nitrogenous base that replaces thymine in RNA
  3. 5. word that describes the fact that some amino acids can be coded for by multiple different triplets of nucleotides
  4. 6. an error that results in the wrong nucleotide being added
  5. 8. type of bond found between amino acids in the polypeptide chain
  6. 11. a 3-nucleotide segment of genetic code that instructs a ribosome to detach from a strand of mRNA
  7. 12. organelle that fascilitates translation
  8. 13. enzyme used in transcription
  9. 15. number of different amino acids
  10. 16. molecule that provides energy for protein synthesis
  11. 18. small holes in the nucleus through which mRNA leaves the nucleus
  12. 19. DNA is double stranded whereas RNA is...
Down
  1. 2. type of bond found between complimentary codons and anticodons
  2. 4. the type of protein that DNA is coiled tightly around
  3. 7. word used to describe how DNA code is the same in every species
  4. 8. covalent bond found between a sugar on one nucleotide and the phosphate on the next
  5. 9. Molecule that amino acids associate with in the cytoplasm
  6. 10. The general shape/structure of DNA
  7. 14. word that describes the opposite directions of the 2 strands in DNA
  8. 17. nitrogenous base that is complimentary to cytosine