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






2. How do viruses cause disease?






3. Another word for lytic






4. What is recombinant DNA?






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






6. A local outbreak of disease






7. How a pathogen gets from host to host






8. Outside protien coat of a virus






9. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






11. Different types of nucleic acid






12. Genetically identical copy






13. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






14. Creating DNA from RNA






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






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






17. A world wide break out of a disease






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






19. Things that can cause disease






20. Are viruses living?






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






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






23. Rejoining of DNA






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






31. What is the virus structure?






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






33. How are viruses classified?






34. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






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






37. Anything that causes disease






38. What is a DNA fingerprint?






39. Different shapes of a virus






40. What are the characteristics of living things?






41. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






43. A non living pathogen made of only protien






44. Another word for lysogenic






45. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






46. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






48. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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