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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. Creating DNA from RNA






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






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






5. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






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






8. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






10. How are viruses classified?






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






12. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






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






15. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






16. Genetically identical copy






17. Outside protien coat of a virus






18. A local outbreak of disease






19. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






21. How do viruses cause disease?






22. What is the virus structure?






23. Another word for lysogenic






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






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






26. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






27. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






28. Rejoining of DNA






29. A world wide break out of a disease






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






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






32. How a pathogen gets from host to host






33. What are the characteristics of living things?






34. Are viruses living?






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






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






37. Things that can cause disease






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






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






40. Different types of nucleic acid






41. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






44. Another word for lytic






45. Anything that causes disease






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






47. What is a DNA fingerprint?






48. Different shapes of a virus






49. What is recombinant DNA?