DNA & RNA Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. A change in the nucleotide sequence
  2. 3. A set of three bases in tRNA
  3. 4. A set of three bases in mRNA
  4. 7. Coding sequences that are removed during mRNA splicing
  5. 8. Signal The ending sequence in transcription
  6. 11. A virus’ ability to infect a host
  7. 13. A virus infected bacterial cell used to produce more viruses
  8. 14. Replication keeps half of the original
  9. 15. Regulation Control over which genes are transcribed into mRNA
  10. 16. Sections of DNA that change the genes used to make proteins for specific metabolic pathways
Down
  1. 2. Transfer of genetic information from DNA to RNA
  2. 5. Coding sequences that remain after mRNA splicing
  3. 6. The beginning sequence in transcription
  4. 9. Created by a negatively charged phosphate and a positively charged histone
  5. 10. Transfer of genes from RNA to RNA
  6. 12. sugar+acid+base
  7. 15. A full set of an organism’s DNA