Nucleic Acid Structure and DNA Replication

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Across
  1. 4. Helicase Protein that unwinds DNA during replication.
  2. 6. The sugar in DNA.
  3. 7. Sugars of one nucleotide join to the ______ of the next nucleotide to create a polymer.
  4. 8. Shape of a DNA molecule resembling a twisted ladder.
  5. 11. Type of reaction that removes water and joins monomers.
  6. 13. Model of replication in which after replication, each strand has half of the original DNA strand and half is a new strand.
Down
  1. 1. Base that pairs with Adenine in RNA.
  2. 2. The sugar in RNA.
  3. 3. Monomer of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA).
  4. 5. What is the complementary RNA sequence to the following sequence? ATTCGTAGTC
  5. 6. Enzyme that catalyzes the joining of nucleotides by making covalent bonds between them.
  6. 9. What is the complementary DNA sequence to the following sequence? ATTCGTAGTC
  7. 10. Base that pairs with Adenine in DNA.
  8. 12. The nitrogenous bases are located where on the double helix?