BIOLOGY - Nucleic Acids Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• dna : molecule that carries genetic information in cells
• rna : ribonucleic acid
• nucleotide : basic monomer unit of nucleic acids
• deoxyribose : pentose sugar found in dna
• ribose : pentose sugar found in rna
• phosphate : group that links sugars in the nucleic acid backbone
• base : nitrogen-containing component of a nucleotide
• adenine : base that pairs with thymine in dna
• thymine : base found in dna but not rna
• cytosine : base that pairs with guanine
• guanine : base that pairs with cytosine
• hydrogen bond : weak bond holding complementary bases together
• complementary : term describing specific base pairing
• anti parallel : orientation of the two dna strands
• double helix : structure of a dna molecule
• semi conservative : type of dna replication producing one old and one new strand
• replication : process by which dna makes an identical copy
• helicase : enzyme that separates dna strands
• polymerase : enzyme that synthesises new dna strands
• primer : short rna sequence needed to start dna synthesis
• lagging strand : dna strand synthesised in short fragments
• leading strand : dna strand synthesised continuously
• okazakifragments : short sections of dna formed on the lagging strand
• phosphodiester : bond between nucleotides in a dna strand