AP Biology Chapter 15 Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. structure of RNA when it folds back on itself (1 word)
  2. 8. nonessential eukaryotic promoter sequence that binds cellular factors to increase the efficiency of transcription (3 words)
  3. 10. eukaryotic promoter sequence involved in binding transcription factors (3 words)
  4. 12. direct alteration of nucleotide(s) in mRNA after it has been created (2 words)
  5. 14. interacts with a start codon and grows the polypeptide chain (2 words)
  6. 16. region of unwound DNA that allows for mRNA transcription (2 words)
  7. 21. DNA sequence that RNA polymerase binds to and starts transcription (1 word)
  8. 22. enzyme that 'charges' tRNA molecules so that it will bond with the corresponding amino acid (3 words)
  9. 25. the main point of biology; DNA to RNA to protein (2 words)
  10. 26. strand of DNA that specifies the mRNA molecule (2 words)
Down
  1. 1. three-nucleotide sequence in tRNA that corresponds to an mRNA strand (1 word)
  2. 2. nucleotide from which mRNA synthesis starts (2 words)
  3. 3. process of removing introns and connecting exons in pre-mRNA (1 word)
  4. 4. modification added to the 3' end of mRNA (3 words)
  5. 6. three nucleotides in mRNA that specify which amino acid or the ending of a specific protein (1 word)
  6. 7. sequence in mRNA left after completion of pre-mRNA splicing (1 word)
  7. 9. AUG (2 words)
  8. 11. an amino acid can be created by more than one codon (1 word)
  9. 13. nonprotein coding sequence of RNA that does not leave the nucleus (1 word)
  10. 15. nonessential promoter sequence that increases efficiency of transcription (2 words)
  11. 17. prokaryotic RNA polymerase that is responsible for the start of transcription (1 word)
  12. 18. DNA sequence that is used by different species to perform the same functions (1 word)
  13. 19. promoter sequence that establishes the initiation site for transcription (2 words)
  14. 20. sequence of triplet codons in mRNA (2 words)
  15. 23. one of three mRNA codons that specifies termination of translation (2 words)
  16. 24. extrachromosomal circular DNA that may contain a few genes (1 word)
  17. 25. prokaryotic RNA polymerase that performs elongation (2 words)