microbial genetics

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Across
  1. 3. links nitrogenous base to sugar from N1-pyrimidine and N9-purine
  2. 6. acquisition of new genetic markers by incorporation of added DNA
  3. 7. composed of a nitrogenous base, a five-carbon sugar, and up to three phosphate groups
  4. 9. movement of a transposon to a new site in the genome
  5. 11. T/F DNA is located in the cytoplasm
  6. 13. newly synthesized pieces that will join to lagging strand
  7. 16. labeled 1-6
  8. 17. the sequence is read from 5' to 3' end of the ______ strand is
  9. 20. "mating" between two bacterial involving transfer of genetic material
  10. 22. 1-9
  11. 23. RNA becomes protein
  12. 25. ______ mutation: inserting or deleting number of base pairs other than a multiple of 3
  13. 27. '3 or '5
  14. 29. five-carbon sugar in DNA
  15. 30. sugar is connected to nitrogenous base via ______
  16. 31. ______ mutation: no apparent effect, base change in DNA but no change in amino acid
Down
  1. 1. backbone of DNA structure
  2. 2. DNA becomes RNA
  3. 4. pyrimidine that matches with guanine
  4. 5. mRNA
  5. 7. ______ mutation: change in codon to a stop codon, resulting in premature termination
  6. 8. tRNA
  7. 10. ________ mutation: change in codon causes change in AA and change in protein function
  8. 12. _____ strand: bearing same sequence as mRNA
  9. 14. purine that matches with thymine
  10. 15. transfer of bacterial gene from one to another by a phage
  11. 16. a six carbon ring
  12. 18. RNA is _____ stranded
  13. 19. consist of two joined carbon rings with 5 and 6 members
  14. 21. _______ strand: directing synthesis of mRNA via complementary base pairing
  15. 24. ________ mutation: mutagens act directly by modifying a particular base or being incorporated into the nucleic acid
  16. 25. how many nucleotides are there in a codon
  17. 26. T/F Thymidynic acid is found in RNA
  18. 28. rRNA