Genetic Code Vocabulary

1. carries pieces of the code out of the nucleus, to the ribosomes
4. large molecules that make up many body tissues and do most of the work in cells
7. when a ribosome uses a piece of mRNA to make a protein
10. 20 different small molecules that make up proteins
11. loose DNA, has the code for making proteins
13. three nitrogenous bases that code for one amino acid
14. the basic unit of life
15. a section of DNA that produces a working piece of mRNA
16. when mRNA makes a reverse copy of a piece of DNA
17. double strand, long, stays in the nucleus, has the whole genetic code

2. part of a eukaryotic cell that holds the genetic material
3. organelle that reads mRNA and binds amino acids together to make proteins
5. part of a cell that has a special job to do
6. thick liquid taking up space in a cell
8. pieces of RNA or DNA with a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base
9. ---bases: Cytosine binds with guanine; Adenine binds with thymine or uracil.
12. a mistake in copying DNA before meiosis or mitosis
14. a system of rules used to change information into another form
16. brings amino acids to the ribosome so they can be bonded together