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