Microbio Ch8 Fluit

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Across
  1. 5. Segment of DNA where RNA polymerase initiates transcription of structural genes
  2. 7. Set of operator and promoter sites and the structural genes they control
  3. 8. A change (mutation) the third nucleotide of a codon may not change the amino acid coded for due to redundancy
  4. 11. The sum of all gene types, organism's distinctive genetic makeup
  5. 13. The organelles of protein production in living organisms
  6. 14. Expression of the genotype creates traits
  7. 15. The study of inheritance, or heredity of living things
Down
  1. 1. dsDNA is used to synthesize an RNA molecule
  2. 2. Inhibits gene expression and decreases protein synthesis
  3. 3. mRNA is used to produce a protein
  4. 4. A distinct cellular structure composed of DNA and protein
  5. 6. Expressed at a fixed rate
  6. 9. Segment of DNA that controls transcription of structural genes by binding to a repressor protein
  7. 10. Turns on gene expression
  8. 12. Groups of 3 nucleotides in mRNA that each encode for an amino acid that is added to a growing peptide chain