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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. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






2. How are viruses classified?






3. Are viruses living?






4. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






5. What is another name for genetic engineering?






6. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






8. How do viruses cause disease?






9. Different shapes of a virus






10. Anything that causes disease






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






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






13. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






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






16. Another word for lytic






17. A non living pathogen made of only protien






18. Another word for lysogenic






19. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






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






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






23. Things that can cause disease






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






25. A world wide break out of a disease






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






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






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






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






30. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






32. Creating DNA from RNA






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






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






35. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






36. How can a communicable disease be passed?






37. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






39. Genetically identical copy






40. What is recombinant DNA?






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






42. Different types of nucleic acid






43. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






44. A local outbreak of disease






45. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






46. What is the virus structure?






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






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






49. Rejoining of DNA