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






2. Genetically identical copy






3. Anything that causes disease






4. What is the virus structure?






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






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






7. How are viruses classified?






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






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






10. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






11. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






13. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






14. How do viruses cause disease?






15. A non living pathogen made of only protien






16. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






17. What is recombinant DNA?






18. Another word for lysogenic






19. A world wide break out of a disease






20. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






22. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






23. Another word for lytic






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






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






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






27. What are the characteristics of living things?






28. Things that can cause disease






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






30. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






32. Different shapes of a virus






33. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






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






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






40. What is another name for genetic engineering?






41. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






43. Different types of nucleic acid






44. A local outbreak of disease






45. Creating DNA from RNA






46. Rejoining of DNA






47. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






49. Are viruses living?