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Genetic Engineering And Virus

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






2. Outside protien coat of a virus






3. Another word for lytic






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






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






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






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






8. Anything that causes disease






9. Things that can cause disease






10. How do viruses cause disease?






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






12. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






13. How a pathogen gets from host to host






14. Are viruses living?






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






16. What is recombinant DNA?






17. A local outbreak of disease






18. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






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






21. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






23. Creating DNA from RNA






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






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






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






27. What is the virus structure?






28. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






30. Another word for lysogenic






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






32. Rejoining of DNA






33. How are viruses classified?






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






35. A world wide break out of a disease






36. How can a communicable disease be passed?






37. What is another name for genetic engineering?






38. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






39. Genetically identical copy






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






41. A non living pathogen made of only protien






42. Different shapes of a virus






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






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






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






46. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






47. Different types of nucleic acid






48. What is a DNA fingerprint?






49. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions