Chapter 8 Vocabulary
Across
10. process by which DNA is copied during cell cycle
12. another name for RNA
14. process of copying a sequence of DNA to produce a complementary strand of DNA
16. process that converts an mRNA message into a polypeptide.
Down
1. twisted ladder or spiral shaped
2. carries DNA message to be translated into a protein
3. codon that signals the end of the translation of the amino acid chain
4. change in an organism's DNA
5. set of 3 nucleotides that are complementary to an mRNA codon
6. three nucleotide sequence that codes for an amino acid
7. enzymes that binds nucleotides together
8. amino acids linked together by peptide bonds to form a chain
9. enzymes that bond nucleotides together in a chain to make a new RNA molecule
10. RNA that forms the ribosomes.
11. DNA to RNA to Proteins
13. virus that infects bacteria
14. brings amino acids from the cytoplasm to a ribosome to help make a new protein.
15. DNA segment that allows a gene to be transcribed, finds where gene starts
17. codon methionine signals beginning of translation.
19 of 19 words were placed into the puzzle.
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