CH 10&11: Nucleotides, Nucleic Acids, & DNA Structure

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Across
  1. 5. basic proteins found complexed to eukaryotic DNA
  2. 8. larger empty space in the imaginary cylinder enclosing DNA double helix
  3. 9. bases containing 6-membered rings fused to a 5-membered ring
  4. 10. A-T or G-C base pairing
  5. 11. drives protein synthesis
  6. 12. T; DNA only
  7. 14. bases containing 6-membered rings
  8. 16. reaction type for ADP and ATP formation
  9. 18. drives carbohydrate metabolism
  10. 20. enzymes that relax supercoiling in closed circular DNA
  11. 21. C
  12. 22. nucleoside 5'-triphosphate carriers of chemical energy
  13. 24. central to energy metabolism
  14. 25. A
  15. 26. U: RNA only
  16. 27. 2 polynucleotide chains wrapped around each other
Down
  1. 1. most common bond; forms nucleic acid backbone
  2. 2. nitrogen-containing aromatic compounds; coding portion of nucleic acids
  3. 3. normal, physiological DNA conformational form
  4. 4. nucleic acid bases linked to a sugar via glycosidic bonds
  5. 6. fundamental chromatin structural unit; "beads"
  6. 7. circular, forms supercoils
  7. 11. G
  8. 13. single-stranded
  9. 15. purine of pyrimidine bases bonded to sugars bonded to phosphate groups
  10. 17. linear polymers of nucleotides linked 3' to 5' by phosphodiester bridges
  11. 19. complex of DNA & protein found in eukaryotic nuclei
  12. 21. drives lipid synthesis
  13. 23. alternating 2-deoxy-D-ribose & phosphate units