Genetics

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Across
  1. 5. Carries genetic information from DNA to ribosomes for protein synthesis.
  2. 8. Includes a wide range of mechanisms that cells use to increase or decrease the production of specific gene products
  3. 11. The process by which information in RNA is read and a protein is synthesized from it
  4. 12. A mechanism in which a small RNA molecule silences gene expression
  5. 13. Contains the genetic information of a cell.
  6. 14. The joining of two nucleotides or two nucleic acid fragments into one polymeric chain by the action of an enzyme.
  7. 15. The removal of a portion of a DNA sequence.
Down
  1. 1. A regulatory region of DNA that increases gene expression.
  2. 2. Methyl groups are added to DNA.
  3. 3. A change in the nucleotide sequence of an organism's genetic material.
  4. 4. Determination of the base sequence of DNA or RNA.
  5. 6. A building block of DNA and RNA.
  6. 7. An enzyme that unwinds the double strand of DNA for replication
  7. 9. A molecule involved in protein synthesis and gene regulation.
  8. 10. The exchange of DNA sequences between different molecules.