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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. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






2. How are viruses classified?






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






4. Creating DNA from RNA






5. Genetically identical copy






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






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






8. A non living pathogen made of only protien






9. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






11. Another word for lytic






12. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






13. How do viruses cause disease?






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






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






16. Anything that causes disease






17. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






18. A world wide break out of a disease






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






20. Rejoining of DNA






21. Different types of nucleic acid






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






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






24. Things that can cause disease






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






26. A local outbreak of disease






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






28. How a pathogen gets from host to host






29. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






30. Another word for lysogenic






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






32. Outside protien coat of a virus






33. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






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






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






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






38. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






40. What is another name for genetic engineering?






41. Are viruses living?






42. What is the virus structure?






43. Different shapes of a virus






44. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






46. What is recombinant DNA?






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






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






49. A worldwide outbreak of a disease