Across
- 4. dsDNA is used to synthesize an RNA molecule
- 7. most genomes exist in the form of these
- 10. the simpler units of macromolecules (polymers)
- 11. expression of the genotype that creates traits
- 13. the study of heredity of living things
- 14. extrachromosomal DNA
- 15. groups of 3 nucleotides in mRNA that each encode for an amino acid
Down
- 1. turns on gene expression
- 2. mRNA is used to produce a protein
- 3. total sum of genetic material of a living organism or virus- DNA
- 5. inhibits gene expression and decreases protein synthesis
- 6. segment of DNA where RNA polymerase initiates transcription
- 8. the organelles of protein production in living organisms
- 9. the letters of all the genes
- 12. binding to a repressor gene