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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease






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






3. What is the virus structure?






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






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






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






7. Anything that causes disease






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






9. A non living pathogen made of only protien






10. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






11. A world wide break out of a disease






12. How are viruses classified?






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






14. Genetically identical copy






15. Different types of nucleic acid






16. What are the characteristics of living things?






17. Another word for lytic






18. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






19. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Outside protien coat of a virus






27. What is another name for genetic engineering?






28. Another word for lysogenic






29. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






32. A local outbreak of disease






33. Creating DNA from RNA






34. What is recombinant DNA?






35. Rejoining of DNA






36. How can a communicable disease be passed?






37. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






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






40. Different shapes of a virus






41. Things that can cause disease






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






43. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






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






46. How do viruses cause disease?






47. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






48. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






49. Are viruses living?