Protein Synthesis/Mutations Irene

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Across
  1. 4. A codon that tells the cell to stop making a protein.
  2. 7. Small building blocks that make proteins.
  3. 10. Three bases on tRNA that match a codon on mRNA.
  4. 12. When an extra DNA base is added.
  5. 14. A chain of amino acids that forms a protein.
  6. 16. Important molecules that do jobs in the cell.
  7. 17. When a DNA base is removed.
  8. 18. A change in DNA.
  9. 20. When DNA opens up so it can be copied.
  10. 22. When a piece of DNA moves to another place.
  11. 23. A mutation that shifts how codons are read.
  12. 24. RNA that brings amino acids to ribosomes.
  13. 25. A group of three RNA letters (bases) that code for an amino acid.
  14. 26. The process of making proteins from RNA.
Down
  1. 1. When a piece of DNA is copied too many times.
  2. 2. A big change in a chromosome.
  3. 3. An enzyme that helps make RNA from DNA.
  4. 4. When one DNA base is replaced by another.
  5. 5. A small change in one gene.
  6. 6. When a piece of DNA flips around.
  7. 8. The process of making RNA from DNA.
  8. 9. RNA that carries the instructions to make proteins.
  9. 11. Tiny cell parts that make proteins.
  10. 13. RNA that helps ribosomes make proteins.
  11. 15. The link that holds amino acids together in a protein.
  12. 19. The "start" codon that begins making a protein.
  13. 21. A chart that shows which codons match which amino acids.