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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. Different shapes of a virus






2. How a pathogen gets from host to host






3. What is recombinant DNA?






4. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






6. Another word for lytic






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






8. A world wide break out of a disease






9. Are viruses living?






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






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






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






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






14. Genetically identical copy






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






16. What is a DNA fingerprint?






17. How do viruses cause disease?






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






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






20. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






22. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






23. A non living pathogen made of only protien






24. Anything that causes disease






25. How can a communicable disease be passed?






26. Things that can cause disease






27. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






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






30. Creating DNA from RNA






31. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






32. Another word for lysogenic






33. What is the virus structure?






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






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






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






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






38. Rejoining of DNA






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






40. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






41. A local outbreak of disease






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






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






44. Outside protien coat of a virus






45. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






47. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






48. How are viruses classified?






49. Different types of nucleic acid