Dna Structure, Function, and Replication Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• purine : what is composed of 2 carbon rings?
• thymine : according to chargaff's rule adenine pairs with what nitrogen base? it is only found in dna.
• uracil : a compound only found in rna
• okazaki : short segments/fragments on the lagging strand are called?
• double helix : basic 3d shape of dna
• rna : single stranded, unstable, and can leave the nucleus
• phosphate backbone : what is formed when joining a 5' and a 3'?
• genes : these are made up of dna and are the basic physical and functional unit of heredity
• helicase : what enzyme unzips the dna by breaking the weak hydrogen bonds?
• anti parallel : 2 sides that are parallel but oriented in opposite directions
• pyrimidine : what is composed of 1 carbon ring?
• nucleotide : phosphate, sugar, and nitrogen base make up this?
• dna : double stranded, stable, and stays in the nucleus
• cytosine : according to chargaff's rule guanine always pairs with what nitrogen base?
• ribose : sugar that is found in rna nucleotides
• deoxyribose : 5 carbon sugar that is found in dna nucleotides
• hydrogen : what bonds between the nitrogen bases and hold together the 2 strands of dna?
• primase : what lays down an rna primer?
• complementary : what means one side can make the other?