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Genetic Engineering And Virus

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1. Outside protien coat of a virus
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Transgenic organisms
Capsid

2. Things that can cause disease
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Pathogens
Epidemic
Gene splicing

3. He original host; where the virus lives until it moves to humans; usually only has mild symptoms
Reservoir
Reverse transcription
Prions
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host

4. Rod and sphere refers to the different ______ a virus can be...
No
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Shapes
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have

5. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Host
Recombinant DNA technology

6. A non - living pathogen made of nucleic acid and protein
Transmission
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Prions
Virus

7. A worldwide outbreak of a disease
Pandemic
Rod and sphere
Virus
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have

8. Possible extra outside coat on a virus
Envelope
Temperate
Capsids
Clone

9. Different shapes of a virus
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Recombinant DNA
Rod and sphere
Only from parent to child

10. Creating DNA from RNA
Lytic
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Reverse transcription
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources

11. Figuring out the order of the letters in a strand of DNA
No
Lysogenic
Shapes
DNA sequencing

12. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions
Transgenic organisms
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Recombinant DNA technology
Capsid

13. What is recombinant DNA?
Prion
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Reservoir
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources

14. A non living pathogen made of only protien
Prion
Prions
Capsids
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources

15. Type of disease caused by a pathogen (virus - bacteria - etc.) damaging cells in the body
Communicable Disease
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Viroid
Host

16. What is the procedure for taking a piece of DNA form one organism and putting it into another?
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Viriulent
Transmission
Vector

17. How can a genetic disease be passed...
Pathogens
DNA sequencing
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Only from parent to child

18. How can a communicable disease be passed?
Through sneezing or touching
Reverse transcription
Pandemic
Genetic disease

19. An organism in which the pathogen lives and causes disease
Host
Prion
Communicable Disease
DNA sequencing

20. A living organism like an animal or insect that carries a pathogen from host to host
Vector
Clone
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone

21. What is the use of a host for a virus?
Through sneezing or touching
Epidemic
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Pathogens

22. What are the characteristics of living things?
Lysogenic
Capsids
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own

23. A world wide break out of a disease
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Only from parent to child
Pandemic

24. Virus that infects its host and stars reproducing right away making the host sick quickly
Only from parent to child
Transmission
Lytic
No

25. Genetically identical copy
Pathogen
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Viroid
Clone

26. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?
Capsid
Host
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Pathogens

27. Layer of protein surrounding the nucleic acid in a virus
Rod and sphere
Transgenic organisms
Capsids
No

28. Anything that causes disease
Virus
Pandemic
Pathogen
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect

29. What is a DNA fingerprint?
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Capsids
Prion
Reverse transcription

30. How do viruses cause disease?
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
DNA and RNA
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated

31. How a pathogen gets from its reservoir to its host
Gene splicing
Transmission
Viroid
Rod and sphere

32. Something that carries a piece of DNA or pathogen but is not affected by them
Genetic disease
Vector
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Through sneezing or touching

33. A circular piece of single stranded RNA that can cause disease found in plants
Epidemic
Pathogens
Viroid
Recombinant DNA

34. Virus that pauses one it gets inside the cell and can lay dormant for days or years
Lysogenic
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Transgenic organisms
Shapes

35. How are viruses classified?
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Capsid
Transgenic organisms
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own

36. Rejoining of DNA
Epidemic
Lytic
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope
Gene splicing

37. What is the virus structure?
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope
Transmission
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Viroid

38. Another word for lysogenic
Viriulent
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Temperate
Epidemic

39. A local outbreak of disease
Epidemic
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Clone
Virus

40. A type of disease caused a problem with someone's DNA that leads to a miss a malfunctioning protein
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Epidemic
Genetic disease

41. Another word for lytic
Reservoir
Virus
Viriulent
Communicable Disease

42. Different types of nucleic acid
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Reverse transcription
Lysogenic
DNA and RNA

43. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease
Temperate
Prions
DNA and RNA
Viriulent

44. Are viruses living?
No
Recombinant DNA
Transmission
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect

45. DNA that is made from pieces of DNA from 2 different organisms
Lytic
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Recombinant DNA
Prions

46. What is another name for genetic engineering?
Recombinant DNA technology
Transgenic organisms
Virus
Gene splicing

47. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?
Host
Reservoir
Pathogen
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have

48. How a pathogen gets from host to host
Prion
Transmission
Viroid
Viroid

49. A non living pathogen made only of DNA
Viroid
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope
Pandemic
Lysogenic