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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An organism in which the pathogen lives and causes disease






2. Anything that causes disease






3. Different shapes of a virus






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






5. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






7. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






9. Things that can cause disease






10. A world wide break out of a disease






11. What is recombinant DNA?






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






13. How do viruses cause disease?






14. Creating DNA from RNA






15. Rejoining of DNA






16. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






17. How are viruses classified?






18. Another word for lytic






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






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






21. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






23. What is a DNA fingerprint?






24. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






27. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






29. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






31. What is the virus structure?






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






33. Different types of nucleic acid






34. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






36. A local outbreak of disease






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






38. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






39. Genetically identical copy






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






41. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






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






44. Another word for lysogenic






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






46. Are viruses living?






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






48. What is another name for genetic engineering?






49. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering