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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. He original host; where the virus lives until it moves to humans; usually only has mild symptoms






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






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






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






5. Another word for lytic






6. What is the virus structure?






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






8. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






10. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






12. Anything that causes disease






13. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






16. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






18. Another word for lysogenic






19. Rejoining of DNA






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






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






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






23. What is a DNA fingerprint?






24. A local outbreak of disease






25. Are viruses living?






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






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






28. A non living pathogen made of only protien






29. How a pathogen gets from host to host






30. A world wide break out of a disease






31. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






33. Different shapes of a virus






34. How do viruses cause disease?






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






36. What are the characteristics of living things?






37. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






38. How are viruses classified?






39. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






41. Genetically identical copy






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






43. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






44. What is recombinant DNA?






45. Different types of nucleic acid






46. Things that can cause disease






47. Creating DNA from RNA






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






49. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering