Across
- 2. strand that is replicated continuously (2 words)
- 8. purine is replaced with a pyrimidine or pyrimidine is replaced with a purine (2 words)
- 10. Y-shaped structure formed during DNA replication (2 words)
- 11. mutation that takes place in the cells due to natural chemical reactions without any external agent (2 words)
- 14. DNA fragment that is created in short stretches on the lagging strand (2 words)
- 16. results from exposure to chemicals or environmental agents (2 words)
- 18. enzyme that catalyzes the formation of linkage between 3' and 5' ends of DNA (1 word)
- 20. purine is replaced with a purine or pyrimidine is replaced with a pyrimidine (2 words)
- 21. mutation that affects a single base (2 words)
- 22. type of mechanism which mismatched bases are removed after replication (2 words)
Down
- 1. enzyme that causes underwinding/overwinding of DNA during replication (1 word)
- 3. DNA mechanism in which the wrong base, along with a few other nucleotides are removed (3 words)
- 4. variation in the nucleotide sequence (1 word)
- 5. strand that is replicated in short fragments and away from the replication fork (2 words)
- 6. ring-shaped protein that holds the DNA polymerase onto the DNA strand (2 words)
- 7. protein that binds to the single-stranded DNA (4 words)
- 9. enzyme that creates the RNA primer (1 word)
- 12. external DNA is taken up by a cell (1 word)
- 13. technique used to separate DNA fragments according to size (1 word)
- 15. enzyme that helps to open up the DNA helix by breaking the hydrogen bonds (1 word)
- 17. mutation that is not expressed (2 words)
- 19. function of DNA polymerase that reads the newly added base before adding the next one (1 word)