DNA and Protein Synthesis Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• leadingstrand : the side of dna that is replicated continuously
• adenine : always pairs with thymine
• messenger : what the m in mrna stands for
• transcription : the process of making an rna molecule using dna as a template
• anticodon : the three letters on trna that match with mrna codon
• codon : three letters in rna that codes for an amino acid
• translation : the process of assembling a polypeptide chain
• deoxyribose : sugar in dna
• deoxyribonucleicacid : dna
• nucleotide : monomer of dna
• okazakifragments : the short pieces of new dna on the lagging strand
• aminoacid : what the trna carries to the ribosome
• nucleus : where transcription happens
• ribosome : the organelle in which polypeptides are assembled
• watsonandcrick : the two discoverers of dna shape
• replication : process of copying dna
• helix : shape of dna
• uracil : special base that is found only in rna
• transfer : the t in trna stands for this
• franklin : performed x-rays of dna
• gene : section of dna that codes for a trait
• helicase : enzyme that unwinds and unzips dna for replication
• taccgctactagact : what would pair with atg gcg atg atc tga in dna