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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease






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






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






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






5. Rejoining of DNA






6. A non living pathogen made of only protien






7. Another word for lytic






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






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






10. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






12. A world wide break out of a disease






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






14. Creating DNA from RNA






15. What is recombinant DNA?






16. Anything that causes disease






17. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






18. How are viruses classified?






19. What is the virus structure?






20. Different types of nucleic acid






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






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






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






24. Outside protien coat of a virus






25. What are the characteristics of living things?






26. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. What is another name for genetic engineering?






34. How can a communicable disease be passed?






35. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






36. What is a DNA fingerprint?






37. Another word for lysogenic






38. Genetically identical copy






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






40. A local outbreak of disease






41. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






42. How do viruses cause disease?






43. Are viruses living?






44. Different shapes of a virus






45. Things that can cause disease






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






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






48. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






49. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?