Molecular Biology Words

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Across
  1. 3. An organism that is copied
  2. 4. Engineering The technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules
  3. 7. A small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome
  4. 9. Replication DNA is copied in a cell before a cell divides
  5. 10. Organism whose genome has been altered
  6. 13. The organic processes that are necessary for life
  7. 15. Acid An organic compound, either RNA or DNA, whose molecules are made up of one or two chains of nucleotides and carry genetic information
  8. 16. Process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose
  9. 18. The smallest component of an element
  10. 19. Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy used for photosynthesis
  11. 22. DNA Genetically engineered DNA
  12. 23. The process by which organisms make more of their own kind from one generation to the next
  13. 25. A compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms
  14. 27. Regulation Accessibility of the RNA polymerase to genes being transcribed
  15. 28. A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus
Down
  1. 1. Needed by the body for growth and repair and to make up enzymes
  2. 2. Any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste
  3. 5. The organic process of nourishing or being nourished
  4. 6. Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
  5. 8. Metabolic process that does not require oxygen
  6. 11. jellylike fluid inside the cell
  7. 12. Scientist that studies molecular biology
  8. 14. Process that requires oxygen
  9. 15. A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA
  10. 17. Genome Project An international collaborative effort to map and sequence the DNA of the entire human genome.
  11. 20. Macro molecule made mainly from carbon and hydrogen atoms
  12. 21. The process of an individual organism growing
  13. 24. Acid Produced in muscle cells from the reduction of pyruvate
  14. 26. Acid Monomer that makes up proteins