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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. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






2. Creating DNA from RNA






3. Another word for lytic






4. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






6. Different shapes of a virus






7. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






9. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






12. Genetically identical copy






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






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






15. Different types of nucleic acid






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






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






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






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






20. Things that can cause disease






21. Another word for lysogenic






22. A local outbreak of disease






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






24. What is a DNA fingerprint?






25. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






27. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






28. Rejoining of DNA






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






30. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






31. A world wide break out of a disease






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






33. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






34. What is recombinant DNA?






35. What is the virus structure?






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






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






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






39. Outside protien coat of a virus






40. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






42. How are viruses classified?






43. Are viruses living?






44. Anything that causes disease






45. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






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






48. A non living pathogen made of only protien






49. How do viruses cause disease?