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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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1. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?






2. A local outbreak of disease






3. Things that can cause disease






4. A world wide break out of a disease






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






6. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






8. What is the virus structure?






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






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






11. Rejoining of DNA






12. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






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






15. Genetically identical copy






16. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






17. How are viruses classified?






18. What is a DNA fingerprint?






19. Creating DNA from RNA






20. How a pathogen gets from host to host






21. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






22. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






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






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






27. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






29. Outside protien coat of a virus






30. Another word for lytic






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






32. How do viruses cause disease?






33. How can a communicable disease be passed?






34. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






36. Anything that causes disease






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






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






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






40. Different shapes of a virus






41. What is recombinant DNA?






42. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






44. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






45. Are viruses living?






46. Another word for lysogenic






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






48. Different types of nucleic acid






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