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






2. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






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






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






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






7. What is the virus structure?






8. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






9. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






11. Genetically identical copy






12. Another word for lysogenic






13. A world wide break out of a disease






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






15. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






16. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






18. Creating DNA from RNA






19. Rejoining of DNA






20. A local outbreak of disease






21. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






23. Another word for lytic






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






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






26. How do viruses cause disease?






27. A non living pathogen made of only protien






28. What are the characteristics of living things?






29. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






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






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






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






34. How a pathogen gets from host to host






35. What is recombinant DNA?






36. Are viruses living?






37. What is another name for genetic engineering?






38. Things that can cause disease






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






40. Anything that causes disease






41. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






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






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






45. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






46. How are viruses classified?






47. Different shapes of a virus






48. Different types of nucleic acid






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