Protein Synthesis Crossword Puzzle

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Protein Synthesis Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST:

  • protein: a key substances for all aspects of cell life.
  • dna: are like a coded message. not useful until it is decoded.
  • transcription: when complementary mrna is made using the information in the dna gene.
  • anticodon: a special three-base sequence.
  • gene: defined as a dna segment that carries the information for building one protein.
  • ribonucleic acid: messenger and decoder functions are carried out by a second type of nucleic acid.
  • translation: when the information carried in mrna molecules is decoded and translated from nucleic acids into proteins.
  • ribosomal rna: helps form the ribosomes, where proteins are built.
  • protein synthesis: every cell needs to produce protein.
  • codons: corresponding three-base sequences on mrna.
  • triplet: three-base sequence specifying particular amino acid on the dna gene.
  • globular: perform functional roles in the body.
  • transfer rna: molecules are small, cloverleaf-shaped molecules that escort amino acid to ribosome.
  • messenger rna: molecules are long, single nucleotide strands that resemble half of a dna molecule.