This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Genetics & DNA has 21 clues. Answers range from 4 to 23 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The process by which the information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA) RNA Polymerase / The main transcription enzyme
The main transcription enzyme, and and enzyme that links ribo-nucleotides into a growing RNA chain during transcription.
Transcription begins when RNA polymerase binds to a(n) ________ sequence near the beginning of a gene (directly or through helper proteins)
Transcription uses one of the two exposed DNA strands as a template. RNA polymerase "walks" along this strand of DNA in the 3' to 5' direction what is this strand called?
This is recognized by one of the general transcription factors, allowing other transcription factors and eventually RNA polymerase to bind. It also contains lots of As and Ts, which make it easy to pull the strands of DNA apart.
The stage when the RNA strand gets longer, thanks to the addition of new nucleotides.
RNA polymerase will keep transcribing until it gets signals to stop. What is the process of ending transcription called?
Transcription factors help eukaryotic RNA polymerase recognize promoter sequences, forming this.
The process where a cell reads information from a molecule called a messenger RNA (mRNA) and uses this information to build a protein.
When an mRNA is being translated by multiple ribosomes, the mRNA and ribosomes together are said to form a(n) ___________.
Translation involves “decoding” a messenger RNA (mRNA) and using its information to build a(n) _________, or chain of amino acids.
A three-nucleotide sequence of DNA or mRNA that specifies a particular amino acid or termination signal; the basic unit of genetic code.
Each tRNA has a(n) _________, a set of three nucleotides that binds to a matching mRNA codon through base pairing. The other end of the tRNA carries the amino acid that's specified by the codon.
tRNAs bind to mRNAs inside of a protein-and-RNA in this structure.
In this stage, the ribosome gets together with the mRNA and the first tRNA so translation can begin.
During initiation, a ribosome, mRNA, and an initiator tRNA must come together to form the __________, the molecular setup needed to start making a new protein.
This process includes RNA splicing, the addition of a modified nucleotide 5' cap to the 5'end, and the addition of a poly-A tail to the 3' end.
In Translation, this nucleotide sequence specifies the amino acid sequence.
A sequence within a primary transcript that remains in the RNA after RNA processing; also refers to the region of DNA from which this sequence was transcribed.
A type of eukaryotic gene regulation at the RNA-processign level in which different mRNA molecules are produced from the same primary transcription.
A regulatory protein that binds to DNA and affects transcription fo specific genes.