Bio Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. the strand that is made in the 5' to 3' direction by continuous replication
  2. 4. DNA strand replicated in the 3' to 5' direction during DNA replication
  3. 6. three letter abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid
  4. 7. a small organelle involved in the process of making protein
  5. 9. an enzyme that can catalyze the joining of two large molecules
  6. 11. pairs with thymine in DNA replication
  7. 12. an enzyme that creates a primer on a DNA strand
  8. 14. the enzyme which does transcription
  9. 15. pairs with adenine in DNA replication
  10. 17. pairs with cytosine in DNA replication
  11. 18. carries the blueprint copied from the cell's original DNA
  12. 19. trinucleotide sequence of DNA or RNA that corresponds to a specific amino acid
  13. 20. the basic building block of nucleic acids
  14. 21. This is when the RNA is converted (or "translated") into a sequence of amino acids that makes up the protein.
Down
  1. 1. pairs with guanine in DNA replication
  2. 3. three letter abbreviation for ribonucleic acid
  3. 5. binds to single-stranded regions of DNA
  4. 8. type of covalent chemical bond linking two consecutive amino acids
  5. 9. enzymes that work in pairs as they copy one double-stranded DNA molecule into two double-stranded DNAs.
  6. 10. is the process of copying DNA's instructions for protein building to an RNA molecule.
  7. 13. The first enzyme involved in DNA replication
  8. 16. pairs with adenine in RNA replication
  9. 17. a class of enzymes that reduce supercoiling in DNA by breaking and rejoining one or both strands
  10. 22. Small RNA molecules that carry amino acids to the ribosome