Protein Synthesis Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. A chemical group consisting of a phosphorus atom bonded to four oxygen atoms; important in energy transfer
  2. 5. group of three bases on a tRNA molecule that are complementary to an mRNA codon
  3. 6. The alternating chain of sugar and phosphate to which the DNA and RNA nitrogenous bases are attached
  4. 9. A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes
  5. 10. A building block of DNA, consisting of a five-carbon sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group
  6. 13. weak attraction between a hydrogen atom and another atom, found between base pairs and holds DNA molecule together
  7. 17. site of protein synthesis
  8. 18. A polymer (chain) of many amino acids linked together by peptide bonds. When folded, makes a protein
  9. 20. final binding of nicks in DNA during synthesis and repair
  10. 21. The base that pairs with Thymine in DNA
  11. 23. The base that pairs with Cytosine in DNA
  12. 26. the formation of proteins by using information contained in DNA and carried by mRNA
  13. 27. An enzyme that untwists the double helix of DNA at the replication forks
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  1. 1. A pair of complementary nitrogenous bases in a DNA molecule, A-T, G-C
  2. 2. synthesis of an RNA molecule from a DNA template
  3. 4. An organic compound that is made of one or more chains of amino acids and that is a principal component of all cells
  4. 7. Building blocks of protein
  5. 8. A molecule found in DNA and RNA that encodes genetic information in cells
  6. 11. the nucleotide that hydrogen bonds with the nucleotide adenine in DNA
  7. 12. two strands of nucleotides wound about each other; structure of DNA
  8. 14. three-nucleotide sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid
  9. 15. Process by which mRNA is decoded and a protein is produced
  10. 16. The base that pairs with Guanine with DNA
  11. 19. transfer RNA; type of RNA that carries amino acids to the ribosome
  12. 22. Polymerase Enzyme involved in DNA replication that joins individual nucleotides to produce a DNA molecule
  13. 24. Nitrogen base that pairs with adenine in RNA
  14. 25. messenger RNA; type of RNA that carries instructions from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome