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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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1. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






2. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






4. A local outbreak of disease






5. Things that can cause disease






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






7. What is recombinant DNA?






8. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






9. Creating DNA from RNA






10. Different types of nucleic acid






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






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






13. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






14. Are viruses living?






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






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






17. Outside protien coat of a virus






18. A world wide break out of a disease






19. What is the virus structure?






20. Rejoining of DNA






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






22. A non living pathogen made of only protien






23. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






25. How are viruses classified?






26. What is a DNA fingerprint?






27. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






29. Different shapes of a virus






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






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






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






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






34. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






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






37. Another word for lytic






38. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






40. How do viruses cause disease?






41. Anything that causes disease






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






43. Genetically identical copy






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






45. What are the characteristics of living things?






46. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






49. Another word for lysogenic