Across
- 3. Attracted to the universal solvent; needs packaging to travel in the body
- 4. The unwelcome guest who sits in the reserved chair but brings no party favors
- 5. The molecular welder that fixes the broken backbone of genetic material
- 7. The unstable cousin of DNA, meant for fast information transfer
- 8. How strongly a sticky note stays attached to a protein
- 10. A musical instrument that makes tubes relax
- 12. The 1950 Nobel winner who also mastered the chemistry of the common cold remedy
- 17. The molecular copier that sometimes needs a heat bath to get started
- 18. The paired glands where testosterone and estrogen are primarily manufactured
- 19. The region of DNA that acts as the stage manager for gene performance
- 20. A general term for medications that require the "anti-life" approach
- 21. The shifting wardrobe a protein wears to change its function
- 23. The action star who not only shows up but produces a noticeable effect
- 24. Named after a type of sticky trap used to capture fusion proteins
Down
- 1. Describing communication that involves electrical 'sparks' and long cables
- 2. The 'K' in the critical cycle that activates enzymes by adding phosphate
- 6. The 'G' shaped protective proteins responsible for setting off allergy alarms
- 9. Describing something that is built or turned on only when needed, not all the time
- 11. The tiny brain region that tells the pituitary gland to release the main stress signal
- 13. The single word that describes your "why" in life, also a catecholamine building block
- 14. The loss of insulation that makes a signal skip sections
- 15. The name for the generic party guest who crashes the pain relief system
- 16. The hormone that tells the kidney to save salt to raise the pressure of the system
- 21. The cell's equivalent of an open-plan office space
- 22. The invisible guides used to track the path of molecules inside a system