Across
- 1. Process of copying DNA into the form of mRNA
- 4. any change in the dna of a cell
- 7. building blocks of nucleic acids
- 8. is a monosaccharide or a disaccharide
- 11. single strand rna molecule
- 13. produced in the cytoplasm by ribosomes
- 14. genetic code for all cell functions
- 16. Twisted ladder: two strands wind around each other
- 17. a pair of complementary bases in a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule
- 19. splits DNA into single strands
- 20. the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics
Down
- 2. a sugar of the pentose class
- 3. a salt or ester of phosphoric acid
- 5. the process where the genetic information coded in messenger RNA is taken to a ribosome on the RER or floating in the cytoplasm, and a specific protein is produced
- 6. They bind messenger RNA and transfer RNA to synthesize polypeptides and proteins
- 9. The process of duplicating DNA to make two copies
- 10. building block of proteins
- 12. type of rna that carries each amino acid to a ribosome during protein synthesis
- 15. the central and most important part
- 18. a linear organic polymer consisting of a large number of amino-acid
