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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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1. What is another name for genetic engineering?






2. Rejoining of DNA






3. What is the virus structure?






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






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






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






7. Creating DNA from RNA






8. Different shapes of a virus






9. A local outbreak of disease






10. What are the characteristics of living things?






11. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






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






14. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






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






17. Genetically identical copy






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






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






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






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






22. What is recombinant DNA?






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






24. Things that can cause disease






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






26. A non living pathogen made of only protien






27. Anything that causes disease






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






29. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






30. Another word for lytic






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






32. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






34. A world wide break out of a disease






35. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






37. Are viruses living?






38. How a pathogen gets from host to host






39. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






41. Different types of nucleic acid






42. Outside protien coat of a virus






43. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






44. How are viruses classified?






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






46. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






48. Another word for lysogenic






49. How do viruses cause disease?