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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. How do viruses cause disease?






2. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






4. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






6. How can a communicable disease be passed?






7. Genetically identical copy






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






9. How a pathogen gets from host to host






10. How are viruses classified?






11. What is the virus structure?






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






13. What is another name for genetic engineering?






14. Creating DNA from RNA






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






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






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






18. A non living pathogen made of only protien






19. Another word for lysogenic






20. Different types of nucleic acid






21. Another word for lytic






22. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






23. Things that can cause disease






24. Different shapes of a virus






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






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






27. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






29. A world wide break out of a disease






30. Anything that causes disease






31. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






33. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






35. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






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






38. What is recombinant DNA?






39. Are viruses living?






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






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






42. A local outbreak of disease






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






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






45. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






46. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






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






49. Rejoining of DNA