Dna Structure, Function, and Replication Crossword Puzzle
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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?
