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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






2. How do viruses cause disease?






3. Anything that causes disease






4. Another word for lysogenic






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






6. What is recombinant DNA?






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






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






9. Things that can cause disease






10. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






12. Another word for lytic






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






14. Creating DNA from RNA






15. Rejoining of DNA






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






17. What are the characteristics of living things?






18. How can a communicable disease be passed?






19. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






20. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






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






23. Genetically identical copy






24. Different types of nucleic acid






25. A local outbreak of disease






26. Different shapes of a virus






27. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






29. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






31. A world wide break out of a disease






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






33. Are viruses living?






34. How are viruses classified?






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






36. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






38. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






39. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






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






42. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






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






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






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






47. What is the virus structure?






48. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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