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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A non - living pathogen made of nucleic acid and protein






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






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






4. A world wide break out of a disease






5. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






6. Rejoining of DNA






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






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






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






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






11. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






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






14. Creating DNA from RNA






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






16. A non living pathogen made of only protien






17. Different types of nucleic acid






18. How are viruses classified?






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






20. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






22. Different shapes of a virus






23. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






24. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






26. How a pathogen gets from host to host






27. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






29. Another word for lysogenic






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






31. Outside protien coat of a virus






32. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






34. What is recombinant DNA?






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






36. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






39. Another word for lytic






40. What is a DNA fingerprint?






41. Are viruses living?






42. A local outbreak of disease






43. Things that can cause disease






44. Anything that causes disease






45. Genetically identical copy






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






47. What is the virus structure?






48. How do viruses cause disease?






49. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering