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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A type of disease caused a problem with someone's DNA that leads to a miss a malfunctioning protein






2. Things that can cause disease






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






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






5. What is the virus structure?






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






7. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






8. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






9. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






12. Genetically identical copy






13. Anything that causes disease






14. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






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






17. How do viruses cause disease?






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






19. Rejoining of DNA






20. A non living pathogen made of only protien






21. Creating DNA from RNA






22. A world wide break out of a disease






23. Different types of nucleic acid






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






25. Different shapes of a virus






26. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






27. A local outbreak of disease






28. Another word for lysogenic






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






30. How are viruses classified?






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






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






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






34. Another word for lytic






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






36. How can a communicable disease be passed?






37. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






38. Outside protien coat of a virus






39. What is recombinant DNA?






40. What is a DNA fingerprint?






41. What is another name for genetic engineering?






42. Are viruses living?






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






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






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






46. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






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






49. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?