Across
- 1. nitrogenous base that is comlimentary to adenine
- 3. nitrogenous base that replaces thymine in RNA
- 5. word that describes the fact that some amino acids can be coded for by multiple different triplets of nucleotides
- 6. an error that results in the wrong nucleotide being added
- 8. type of bond found between amino acids in the polypeptide chain
- 11. a 3-nucleotide segment of genetic code that instructs a ribosome to detach from a strand of mRNA
- 12. organelle that fascilitates translation
- 13. enzyme used in transcription
- 15. number of different amino acids
- 16. molecule that provides energy for protein synthesis
- 18. small holes in the nucleus through which mRNA leaves the nucleus
- 19. DNA is double stranded whereas RNA is...
Down
- 2. type of bond found between complimentary codons and anticodons
- 4. the type of protein that DNA is coiled tightly around
- 7. word used to describe how DNA code is the same in every species
- 8. covalent bond found between a sugar on one nucleotide and the phosphate on the next
- 9. Molecule that amino acids associate with in the cytoplasm
- 10. The general shape/structure of DNA
- 14. word that describes the opposite directions of the 2 strands in DNA
- 17. nitrogenous base that is complimentary to cytosine