DNA and RNA Crossword

Process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria
Virus that infects bacteria
Monomer of nuclei acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base
Principle that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine
granular material visible within the nucleus; consists of DNA tightly coiled around proteins
Globular protein molecule around which DNA is tightly coiled in chromatin
Copying process by which a cell duplicates its DNA
Enzyme that "proof reads" new DNA strands, helping to ensure that each molecule is a nearly perfect copy of the original DNa
Sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determine a trait
RNA molecule that carries copies of instructions for the assembly of amino acids into proteins from DNA to the rest of the cell
Type of RNA that makes up the major part of ribosomes
type of RNA molecule that transfers amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis
Enzyme similar to DNA polymerase that binds to DNA and deprecated the DNA strands during transcription
Region in DNA that indicates to an enzyme where to bind to make RNA
Intervening sequence of DNA; does not code for a protein
Expressed sequence of DNA; codes for a protein
Three-nucleotide sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid
Decoding of a mRNA message into a polypeptide chain
Group of three bases on a tRNA molecule that are complementary to an mRNA codon
Change ina DNA sequence that affects genetic information
Mutation that affects a single nucleotide, usually by substituting one nucleotide for another
Mutation that shifts the "reading" frame of the genetic message by inserting or deleting a nucleotide
Condition in which an organism has an extra sets of chromosome
Group of genes operating each other
Region of chromosome in an operon to which the depressor binds
Process in which cells become specialized in structure and function
Series of genes that controls the organs and tissues that develop in various parts of an embryo