This easy crossword puzzle helps kids in grades 3-5 learn about protein synthesis and DNA basics with common words and simple clues.
Protein Synthesis and DNA Crossword Puzzle for High School is a hard crossword puzzle with 16 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Protein Synthesis and DNA Crossword Puzzle for High School
Challenge your understanding of advanced protein synthesis and DNA terminology in this hard-level biology crossword puzzle designed for high school students.
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- 1. Enzyme that unwinds the DNA double helix during replication
- 2. Process of copying DNA into messenger RNA
- 3. Short chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds
- 5. Long chain of amino acids forming a protein precursor
- 9. Basic structural unit of DNA and RNA
- 11. Cellular organelle where proteins are synthesized
- 13. Non-coding RNA sequences removed during processing
- 15. Three-nucleotide sequence on mRNA specifying an amino acid
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- 4. Enzyme that synthesizes RNA from a DNA template
- 6. Permanent alteration in the DNA sequence
- 7. DNA sequence where RNA polymerase binds to start transcription
- 8. Process of decoding mRNA into a polypeptide
- 10. Complex of DNA and proteins forming chromosomes
- 12. Process of removing introns and joining exons in RNA
- 14. Triplet of bases on tRNA complementary to mRNA codon
- 16. Coding segments of RNA that remain after splicing
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