Genetics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a set of 3 nucleotides on the mRNA
  2. 8. method of DNA replication where each daughter double helix contains one parent strand and one new strand
  3. 12. the monomer (building block) of nucleic acids(DNA and RNA); consists of a sugar, phosphate, and nitrogen base
  4. 13. _____ bonds; weak bonds that hold complementary nitrogen bases together in DNA
  5. 17. interpreting the RNA message into a protein
  6. 18. monomer(building block) for making proteins, held together by peptide bonds
  7. 19. bond that links amino acids together in a protein
  8. 20. sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA held together by strong _____ bonds
Down
  1. 1. cell structure where proteins are assembled
  2. 3. RNA that brings amino acids to the ribosome and mRNA
  3. 4. code of instructions for how to make proteins
  4. 5. RNA that composes the ribosome
  5. 6. "complementary" 3 nucleotides on tRNA
  6. 7. when DNA is copied into a complementary strand of mRNA
  7. 9. tightly coiled strands of DNA
  8. 10. the twisted ladder shape of DNA
  9. 11. RNA that copies instructions in DNA and carries them to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm
  10. 14. a piece of DNA that has instructions to code for one protein
  11. 15. a macromolecule that carries our genetic material(DNA)
  12. 16. the molecule that carries genetic information to make proteins