Molecular Basis of Inheritance Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• epigenetics : involves alterations to gene expression and activity but not to the dna sequence itself.
• polymerase: an enzyme that uses nucleotides to catalyze the creation of polymers, such dna and rna.
• codon : three nucleotides in a genetic sequence that determines an amino acid.
• promoter : a promoter is the portion of dna that starts a specific gene's transcription.
• helicase : enzyme involved in transcription or replication that unravels double-stranded dna.
• chromosome : condensed thread-like structure of dna and proteins
• operon : functioning dna unit that contains a group of genes
• histone : protein that aids in the packaging and arrangement of dna in a cell's nucleus
• telomere : dna sequence that repeats at the end of a chromosome
• introns : dna regions that do not code within a gene