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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Anything that causes disease






2. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






3. An organism in which the pathogen lives and causes disease






4. What are the characteristics of living things?






5. Type of disease caused by a pathogen (virus - bacteria - etc.) damaging cells in the body






6. Something that carries a piece of DNA or pathogen but is not affected by them






7. Another word for lysogenic






8. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease






9. Different shapes of a virus






10. A circular piece of single stranded RNA that can cause disease found in plants






11. Are viruses living?






12. Layer of protein surrounding the nucleic acid in a virus






13. What is the use of a host for a virus?






14. How a pathogen gets from its reservoir to its host






15. Rejoining of DNA






16. Virus that pauses one it gets inside the cell and can lay dormant for days or years






17. What is another name for genetic engineering?






18. A local outbreak of disease






19. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






20. How can a communicable disease be passed?






21. Genetically identical copy






22. What is the procedure for taking a piece of DNA form one organism and putting it into another?






23. DNA that is made from pieces of DNA from 2 different organisms






24. How are viruses classified?






25. Virus that infects its host and stars reproducing right away making the host sick quickly






26. Rod and sphere refers to the different ______ a virus can be...






27. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?






28. A type of disease caused a problem with someone's DNA that leads to a miss a malfunctioning protein






29. Another word for lytic






30. Creating DNA from RNA






31. What is a DNA fingerprint?






32. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






33. A living organism like an animal or insect that carries a pathogen from host to host






34. Things that can cause disease






35. A non - living pathogen made of nucleic acid and protein






36. A non living pathogen made of only protien






37. How can a genetic disease be passed...






38. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






39. Outside protien coat of a virus






40. A world wide break out of a disease






41. How a pathogen gets from host to host






42. How do viruses cause disease?






43. Figuring out the order of the letters in a strand of DNA






44. What is recombinant DNA?






45. Different types of nucleic acid






46. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






47. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






48. He original host; where the virus lives until it moves to humans; usually only has mild symptoms






49. What is the virus structure?