DNA
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. transformation
A. The enzyme that copies DNA into ___
2. bacteriophage
B. The enzyme responsible for ___ replication
3. nucleotide
C. United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs
4. replication
D. The process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
5. dna polymerase
E. Sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures
6. messenger rna
F. A ___ due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
7. transcription
G. A specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies
8. rna polymerase
H. The organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA
9. intron
I. A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication
10. exon
J. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back
11. codon
K. The template for protein synthesis
12. translation
L. United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments
13. mutation
M. A phosphoric ester of a ___
14. point mutation
N. Sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
15. watson
O. A qualitative change
16. crick
P. A virus that is parasitic in ___
17. franklin
Q. An organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
18. griffith
R. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history