This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Genetics & DNA has 16 clues. Answers range from 3 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Type of nucleic acid; single stand; carries code from DNA in nucleus out of ribosomes
Type of nucleic acid; makes ribosome
Type of nucleic acid; grabs amino acids out in cytoplasm and takes them to ribosome
Location of DNA and where mRNA is made
General location where protein at the takes place
Specific organelle where protein synthesis takes places; made of rRNA
Macromolecule made from code of DNA by joining amino acids together at ribosome
Segment of DNA that codes for protein or a trait
Building blocks of proteins; taken to the ribosomes by tRNA
Macromolecules like DNA and RNA; made of nucleotides
Building blocks or nucleic acids; made of sugar, phosphate, nitrogen-base
Takes place in nucleus where code from DNA is made into mRNA
Takes place in the cytoplasm at the ribosome and code from mRNA is made into protein
Fancy name for “making protein”; takes place at ribosome
3 nucleotides of mRNA that code for one amino acid; ex: AGG or CGU
3 nucleotides tRNA that match up with mRNA and bring along and amino acid: ex: UCC or GCA