Across
- 4. |Any of various compounds composed of fatty acids and phosphoric acid and a nitrogenous base; an important constituent of membranes
- 5. |An organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid
- 6. |An organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells
- 7. |The phase of the cell cycle in which the cell spends the majority of its time and performs the majority of its purposes including preparation for cell division.
- 10. |Noun cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
Down
- 1. |The second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
- 2. |The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
- 3. |A threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
- 8. |A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
- 9. |Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number