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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease






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






3. Another word for lysogenic






4. Another word for lytic






5. Rejoining of DNA






6. Different types of nucleic acid






7. A non living pathogen made of only protien






8. Things that can cause disease






9. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






10. How are viruses classified?






11. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






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






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






15. How a pathogen gets from host to host






16. What is the virus structure?






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






18. A world wide break out of a disease






19. Are viruses living?






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






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






22. How do viruses cause disease?






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






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






25. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






26. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






28. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






29. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






30. What is recombinant DNA?






31. A local outbreak of disease






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






33. What is another name for genetic engineering?






34. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






35. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






37. Creating DNA from RNA






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






39. Genetically identical copy






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






41. Anything that causes disease






42. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






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






45. Outside protien coat of a virus






46. Different shapes of a virus






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






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






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