Across
- 3. What type of transport describes sugar transport through cell walls and outside the plasma membrane?
- 4. Which unbranched starch polymer consists of a α-1,4-linked glucose unit?
- 6. What channels connect plant cells to symplastic transport?
- 8. Which sulfur containing amino acid is the precursor for many other compounds?
- 9. What kind of flow mechanism explains phloem transport based on water pressure differences?
- 13. Which positively charged ion (NH₄⁺) is a reduced from of nitrogen taken up by plant roots?
- 16. Which intermediate (NO₂⁻) nitrogen assimilation is toxic to plants?
- 19. Which lipid molecule consists of glycerol and three fatty acids?
- 24. Which anion (NO₃⁻) is the main nitrogen source absorbed from soil?
- 25. Which iron storage protein complex keeps free iron from forming harmful superoxides?
- 26. Which disaccharide transports carbon from leaves to other plant tissues?
- 28. What is the type plant transporter that moves phosphate into roots against the concentration gradient?
- 29. Which proteins stabilize oil bodies in plant seeds?
- 31. Which polymer of glucose serves as a long-term energy storage molecule in plants?
- 34. Which type of amino acids includes phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan?
Down
- 1. Which tripeptide antioxidant contains cysteine?
- 2. Which plant peroxisomes convert fats into sugars using the glyoxylate cycle?
- 5. Which iron-sulfur protein transfers electrons in photosynthesis and nitrogen assimilation?
- 7. Which organelle in non-photosynthetic tissues stores starch?
- 10. What relationship between plant roots and fungi improves phosphorus uptake?
- 11. Which branched starch polymer contains both α-1,4 and α-1,6 linkages?
- 12. What is the name of the clusters that transfer electrons in metabolic reactions?
- 14. Which enzyme removes branches from starch molecules?
- 15. Which sulfur containing amino acid is essential in human diets?
- 17. Which mixture of seed storage proteins in wheat can trigger celiac disease?
- 18. What type of transport describes sugar movement directly from cell to cell via cytoplasm connections?
- 20. What is the class of enzymes that catalyzes electron-transfer reactions such as nitrate-> nitrite?
- 21. What molecule binds ions to iron to make them soluble for plant uptake?
- 22. What i the name of the method of growing plants in nutrient rich?
- 23. Which carbohydrate polymer made from fructose stores carbon in some plants?
- 26. What is the negatively charged ion of sulfur that is taken up by plants from the soil?
- 27. Which cells support sieve elements and help with phloem loading?
- 30. Which metabolic pathway in plants produces aromatic amino acids and is targeted by glyphosate herbicides?
- 32. Which insoluble iron compound in soil limits iron availability to plants? (Hydroxide)
- 33. Which specialized phloem elements transport sugars but lack a nucleus?