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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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1. Another word for lysogenic






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






3. Creating DNA from RNA






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






5. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






7. Genetically identical copy






8. What is a DNA fingerprint?






9. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






10. A local outbreak of disease






11. How a pathogen gets from host to host






12. Things that can cause disease






13. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






15. What is recombinant DNA?






16. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






17. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






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






20. Different types of nucleic acid






21. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






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






24. Anything that causes disease






25. A world wide break out of a disease






26. Rejoining of DNA






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






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






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






30. How do viruses cause disease?






31. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






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






34. What is the virus structure?






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






36. Different shapes of a virus






37. How are viruses classified?






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






39. What is another name for genetic engineering?






40. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






42. Another word for lytic






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






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






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






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






47. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






48. Are viruses living?






49. A non living pathogen made only of DNA