Across
- 5. Kind of virus that infects bacteria
- 8. Specific region of a gene
- 10. Enzyme that links the growing chain of RNA nucleotides
- 11. Type of RNA that carries copies
- 13. Expressed sequence of DNA; codes for protein
- 15. Synthesis of an RNA molecule from a DNA template
- 18. Repetitive DNA at the end of a eukaryotic chromosome
Down
- 1. Carries amino acids to a ribosome during protein synthesis
- 2. Bonds in DNA that can only form between adenine and thymine and between cytosine and guanine
- 3. Enzyme involved in DNA Replication
- 4. strain of bacteria changed by another
- 6. Single-stranded nucleic acid that contains sugar
- 7. Group of three bases on a tRNA molecule that are complementary to the three bases of a codon of mRNA
- 9. Type of RNA that combines with proteins to form ribosomes form
- 12. Copying DNA before cell division
- 14. Long chain of amino acids that makes proteins
- 16. Group of three nucleotide bases in mRNA that specify a particular amino acid to be incorporated onto a protein
- 17. Is not involved in the coding for a protein