Genetics Crossword Puzzle

a complex organic substance present in living cells, especially DNA or RNA, whose molecules consist of many nucleotides linked in a long chain.
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Ribonucleic acid
the structure formed by double-stranded molecules of nucleic acids such as DNA
an important stuctural component of DNA. It consists of 5-carbon deoxyribose sugars and phosphate groups.
a nitrogen-containing molecule that has the same chemical properties as a base
a compound which is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids
a compound which is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids.
a compound found in living tissue as a constituent base of nucleic acids
a compound that occurs in guano and fish scales, and is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic
a compound found in living tissue as a constituent base of RNA
is a single-stranded RNA molecule that is complementary to one of the DNA strands of a gene
) is a type of RNA molecule that helps decode a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence into a protein
a noncoding type of RNA that acts as the primary building block for ribosomes and the assembly line on which protein synthesis occurs
the first of several steps of DNA based gene expression, in which a particular segment of DNA is copied into RNA by the enzyme RNA polymerase.
the process in which ribosomes in the cytoplasm or ER synthesize proteins after the process of transcription of DNA to RNA in the cell's nucleus.
any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that consist of large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids
the process in which cells make proteins.
a simple organic compound containing both a carboxyl (—COOH) and an amino (—NH2) group.
two chemical bases bonded to one another forming a "rung of the DNA ladder."