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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Outside protien coat of a virus






2. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






4. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






5. Different shapes of a virus






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






7. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






9. A world wide break out of a disease






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






11. Another word for lysogenic






12. Things that can cause disease






13. How do viruses cause disease?






14. Are viruses living?






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






16. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






18. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






19. What is another name for genetic engineering?






20. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






21. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






23. Anything that causes disease






24. How are viruses classified?






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






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






27. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






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






30. A non living pathogen made of only protien






31. Genetically identical copy






32. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






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






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






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






38. Another word for lytic






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






40. What is recombinant DNA?






41. What is the virus structure?






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






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






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






45. Different types of nucleic acid






46. A local outbreak of disease






47. Creating DNA from RNA






48. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






49. Rejoining of DNA