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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. Outside protien coat of a virus






2. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






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






5. A non living pathogen made of only protien






6. Are viruses living?






7. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






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






10. Creating DNA from RNA






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






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






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






14. Another word for lysogenic






15. A world wide break out of a disease






16. How do viruses cause disease?






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






18. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






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






21. Different shapes of a virus






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






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






24. What is recombinant DNA?






25. How a pathogen gets from host to host






26. Anything that causes disease






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






28. Things that can cause disease






29. Genetically identical copy






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






31. How can a communicable disease be passed?






32. Rejoining of DNA






33. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






34. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






36. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






39. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






40. A local outbreak of disease






41. How are viruses classified?






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






43. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






45. Another word for lytic






46. What are the characteristics of living things?






47. What is the virus structure?






48. Different types of nucleic acid






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