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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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1. How are viruses classified?






2. What is another name for genetic engineering?






3. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






5. A local outbreak of disease






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






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






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






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






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






11. Genetically identical copy






12. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






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






15. Creating DNA from RNA






16. Different shapes of a virus






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






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






19. Anything that causes disease






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






21. What is the virus structure?






22. Another word for lytic






23. How do viruses cause disease?






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






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






26. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






27. What are the characteristics of living things?






28. Outside protien coat of a virus






29. Different types of nucleic acid






30. Another word for lysogenic






31. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






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






34. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






36. Things that can cause disease






37. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






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






40. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






41. Are viruses living?






42. A world wide break out of a disease






43. How can a communicable disease be passed?






44. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






45. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






47. What is recombinant DNA?






48. Rejoining of DNA






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