Unit 5: Protein Synthesis

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Across
  1. 3. a set of 3 letters found in mRNA
  2. 7. a chain of amino acids that folds to make a protein
  3. 9. the type of sugar found in RNA
  4. 10. the building block of nucleic acids containing a phosphate, sugar, and base
  5. 11. an organism's entire collection of DNA
  6. 12. delivers the amino acids to the mRNA at the ribosome
  7. 14. the process of copying DNA onto a strand of mRNA in the nucleus
Down
  1. 1. a change in DNA
  2. 2. the organelle that holds the DNA
  3. 4. a nucleic acid containing deoxyribose sugar
  4. 5. location of transcription (where the DNA lives)
  5. 6. the type of sugar found in DNA
  6. 8. a small section of DNA that codes for a specific trait
  7. 9. a nucleic acid containing ribose sugar
  8. 11. pairs with cytosine
  9. 13. the process of turning the message on a strand of mRNA into a strand of amino acids
  10. 15. the base found only in DNA