DNA and Protein Synthesis Crossword Puzzle
Download and print this "DNA and Protein Synthesis" crossword puzzle, or solve it online directly in your browser. For the printable version, use a pencil or pen to fill in the answers. The completed answers are included, so you can easily check your work when you're finished.
PDF will include puzzle sheet and the answer key.
Related puzzles:
More Biology Crossword Puzzles
Life of a Plant
Cardiovascular Pathologies
Structure of the Leaf
Transport in Cells / The Blood
Amino Acids and Peptides
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
