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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. Another word for lytic






2. Rejoining of DNA






3. A non living pathogen made of only protien






4. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






6. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






8. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






11. A world wide break out of a disease






12. What is a DNA fingerprint?






13. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






15. What is the virus structure?






16. Another word for lysogenic






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






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






19. Are viruses living?






20. Anything that causes disease






21. Different types of nucleic acid






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






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






24. What is another name for genetic engineering?






25. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






26. A local outbreak of disease






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






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






29. Genetically identical copy






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






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






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






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






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






35. What is recombinant DNA?






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






37. Outside protien coat of a virus






38. How do viruses cause disease?






39. Different shapes of a virus






40. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






41. How are viruses classified?






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






43. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






45. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






46. Things that can cause disease






47. Creating DNA from RNA






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






49. What are the characteristics of living things?