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






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






3. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






5. Creating DNA from RNA






6. What are the characteristics of living things?






7. Anything that causes disease






8. Different types of nucleic acid






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






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






11. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






13. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






15. Genetically identical copy






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






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






18. Different shapes of a virus






19. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






20. A local outbreak of disease






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






22. Another word for lysogenic






23. Things that can cause disease






24. How are viruses classified?






25. A non living pathogen made of only protien






26. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






27. A world wide break out of a disease






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






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






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






31. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






33. Another word for lytic






34. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






36. What is the virus structure?






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






38. How can a communicable disease be passed?






39. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






40. Rejoining of DNA






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






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






43. How do viruses cause disease?






44. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






45. What is recombinant DNA?






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






47. Are viruses living?






48. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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