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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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1. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






2. Another word for lytic






3. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






5. Rejoining of DNA






6. How are viruses classified?






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






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






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






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






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






12. Are viruses living?






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






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






15. What are the characteristics of living things?






16. What is the virus structure?






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






18. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






19. How a pathogen gets from host to host






20. Different types of nucleic acid






21. Things that can cause disease






22. How can a communicable disease be passed?






23. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






24. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






25. Anything that causes disease






26. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






28. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






30. Another word for lysogenic






31. Different shapes of a virus






32. What is recombinant DNA?






33. Outside protien coat of a virus






34. What is another name for genetic engineering?






35. Creating DNA from RNA






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






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






38. A local outbreak of disease






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






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






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






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






43. A world wide break out of a disease






44. How do viruses cause disease?






45. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






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






48. Genetically identical copy






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