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Molecular Genetics

Across
Final product of gene expression
Segment of DNA that codes for a protein
What determines the shape of a protein? It's ____________ of amino acids
Enzyme needed to catalyze the reactions of transcription
A protein coat made of histones that surrounds one molecule of DNA during the M phase of the cell cycle
Altering gene expression during development in cells so they begin to specialize for a specific function
Type of RNA that contains and anticodon on one end and an amino acid on the other end
The amino acid the mRNA codon GUU codes for
Type of mutation in which the amino acid sequence does not change
Study of how gene expression is regulated by molecules surrounding the DNA
RNA is different from DNA because it is __________ stranded
Down
Site of translation
Site of transcription
True or false? A liver cell and a cardiac muscle cell in an organism are genetically identical. They just express different genes.
When a gene is tightly coiled due to methylation, the gen is turned _____
Corresponding mRNA sequence for the gen sequence TACTTCGGG
The mRNA transcribed from the gene is ______________ to it
Type of RNA that is divided into codons that move through the ribosome
The amino acid the DNA triplet GTG codes for
Type of mutation in which one nitrogen base is inserted into or deleted from the gene. Can affect all of the amino acids from the mutation point on.
Type of mutation in which one nitrogen base is replaced with another. Will only change one, if any, amino acids
A chain of amino acids synthesized during translation
Type of bond formed between two amino acids
Amino acid coded for by the DNA triplet CGT
The nitrogen base found in RNA but not DNA
What amino acid does the DNA triplet TTC code for?
What determines the function of a protein? It's ____