Across
- 4. part of dna whose arrangement codes information
- 6. type of bond that connects bases in nucleic acid
- 7. type of bond that connects nucleotides within a strand
- 11. strands that fit perfectly together
- 14. two stranded molecule used to carry genetic information
- 15. a nucleotide without a phosphate group
Down
- 1. compact structure of DNA which can hold thousands of genes and is a unit of heredity
- 2. two ringed nitrogenous base
- 3. single ringed nitrogenous base
- 5. word to describe the nature of double stranded nucleic acid in which one strands runs in one direction and other strand runs in the opposite direction
- 8. twisting shape of nucleic acids
- 9. proteins which dna is wrapped around to compact into chromatin
- 10. nitrogenous base not found in dna but in rna
- 12. single stranded molecules with many different functions and types
- 13. 5 carbon sugar used in RNA