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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. Different shapes of a virus






2. Things that can cause disease






3. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






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






6. How a pathogen gets from host to host






7. Another word for lytic






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






9. Outside protien coat of a virus






10. A local outbreak of disease






11. What is a DNA fingerprint?






12. Anything that causes disease






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






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






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






16. How can a communicable disease be passed?






17. Different types of nucleic acid






18. Another word for lysogenic






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






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






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






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






23. Genetically identical copy






24. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






26. Are viruses living?






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






28. What is another name for genetic engineering?






29. What is the virus structure?






30. A world wide break out of a disease






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






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






33. How do viruses cause disease?






34. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






35. How are viruses classified?






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






37. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






38. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






39. Creating DNA from RNA






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






41. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






43. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






45. What is recombinant DNA?






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






47. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






48. Rejoining of DNA






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