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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. A world wide break out of a disease






3. What is recombinant DNA?






4. Another word for lytic






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






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






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






8. Things that can cause disease






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






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






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






12. How are viruses classified?






13. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






14. Different shapes of a virus






15. Anything that causes disease






16. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






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






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






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






21. Genetically identical copy






22. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






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






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






26. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






28. Different types of nucleic acid






29. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






30. Rejoining of DNA






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






32. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






34. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






35. What is the virus structure?






36. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






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






40. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






41. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






42. Another word for lysogenic






43. A local outbreak of disease






44. How a pathogen gets from host to host






45. Are viruses living?






46. What is a DNA fingerprint?






47. How do viruses cause disease?






48. Creating DNA from RNA






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