Across
- 2. signifies the start of the protein-encoding sequence in mRNA
- 3. type of RNA that combines with proteins to form ribosomes
- 7. single-stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose
- 8. What Nitrogen Containing Base pairs with Cytosine?
- 11. A change in the chromosome structure
- 13. What type of bond binds together amino acids to make a protein?
- 16. A chemical or physical agent that interacts with DNA and causes a mutation.
- 17. Copying process by which a cell duplicates its DNA
- 19. mutation that changes a single nucleotide, but does not change the amino acid
- 21. substution of wrong nucleotide into DNA that produces an early stop
- 22. Part of a chromosome that codes for a specific protein?
- 24. Pairs with "A" in DNA
- 25. gene mutation in which a single base pair in DNA has been changed
- 26. What type of bond binds the base pairs in DNA
- 27. Brings amino acids to the ribosomes
- 28. synthesis of an RNA molecule from a DNA template
- 29. Process by which mRNA is decoded and a protein is produced
- 31. Pairs with "A" in mRNA
Down
- 1. A substitution that results in a codon that codes for a different amino acid.
- 4. the building block of DNA
- 5. DNA -> RNA -> Protein
- 6. three-nucleotide sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid
- 9. Where translation occurs
- 10. Shape of DNA
- 12. codon that signals to ribosomes to stop translation
- 14. RNA molecule that carries copies of instructions
- 15. enzyme that links together the growing chain of RNA nucleotides
- 18. the rules stating that C pairs with G and A pairs with A in DNA
- 20. group of three bases on a tRNA
- 23. mutation that shifts the "reading" frame of the genetic message
- 30. Where transcription occurs
