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Genetic Engineering And Virus

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1. Outside protien coat of a virus
Envelope
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Epidemic
Capsid

2. Rejoining of DNA
Gene splicing
Capsids
Transgenic organisms
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease

3. Are viruses living?
Vector
No
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Rod and sphere

4. Type of disease caused by a pathogen (virus - bacteria - etc.) damaging cells in the body
Pandemic
Prions
Temperate
Communicable Disease

5. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions
Transgenic organisms
Viroid
DNA sequencing
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease

6. A world wide break out of a disease
Prions
Lysogenic
Pandemic
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone

7. Another word for lytic
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
DNA and RNA
Through sneezing or touching
Viriulent

8. A non - living pathogen made of nucleic acid and protein
Virus
Reverse transcription
Host
Genetic disease

9. Genetically identical copy
Clone
DNA sequencing
Host
Genetic disease

10. DNA that is made from pieces of DNA from 2 different organisms
Vector
Transmission
Recombinant DNA
Prions

11. Different shapes of a virus
Pandemic
DNA sequencing
Rod and sphere
Reverse transcription

12. What is a DNA fingerprint?
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Reservoir
Genetic disease
No

13. A circular piece of single stranded RNA that can cause disease found in plants
Capsid
Viroid
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Pathogens

14. What is the virus structure?
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope
Capsids
Clone
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own

15. How a pathogen gets from host to host
Reverse transcription
Temperate
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Transmission

16. Possible extra outside coat on a virus
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Envelope
Pandemic
Temperate

17. Different types of nucleic acid
DNA and RNA
Pandemic
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own

18. How a pathogen gets from its reservoir to its host
Transmission
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Host
Pandemic

19. How can a communicable disease be passed?
Gene splicing
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Recombinant DNA
Through sneezing or touching

20. How do viruses cause disease?
Only from parent to child
Envelope
Transmission
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease

21. Figuring out the order of the letters in a strand of DNA
DNA sequencing
DNA and RNA
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Reservoir

22. How are viruses classified?
Clone
Recombinant DNA
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Pandemic

23. A non living pathogen made only of DNA
Transgenic organisms
Pandemic
Communicable Disease
Viroid

24. He original host; where the virus lives until it moves to humans; usually only has mild symptoms
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Capsid
Reservoir
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated

25. Things that can cause disease
Pathogens
Viroid
Transmission
Transgenic organisms

26. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease
Prions
Pandemic
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Temperate

27. A worldwide outbreak of a disease
Pandemic
Clone
Viriulent
Reservoir

28. A living organism like an animal or insect that carries a pathogen from host to host
Rod and sphere
Viroid
Through sneezing or touching
Vector

29. Layer of protein surrounding the nucleic acid in a virus
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Capsids
Recombinant DNA technology

30. Creating DNA from RNA
Reverse transcription
Host
Viriulent
Recombinant DNA

31. Another word for lysogenic
Genetic disease
Temperate
Envelope
Recombinant DNA

32. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Gene splicing
Lytic
DNA and RNA

33. What is the procedure for taking a piece of DNA form one organism and putting it into another?
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Recombinant DNA technology
Temperate
DNA sequencing

34. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?
Clone
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Viroid

35. Rod and sphere refers to the different ______ a virus can be...
Shapes
Gene splicing
Pandemic
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope

36. A local outbreak of disease
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Epidemic
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Transgenic organisms

37. What is another name for genetic engineering?
Viroid
Recombinant DNA technology
Virus
Genetic disease

38. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Host
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Virus

39. What are the characteristics of living things?
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Capsids
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated

40. A non living pathogen made of only protien
Recombinant DNA technology
Prion
Lytic
Only from parent to child

41. What is recombinant DNA?
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Through sneezing or touching
Prion

42. Anything that causes disease
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Epidemic
Pathogen
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease

43. Virus that infects its host and stars reproducing right away making the host sick quickly
Lytic
Temperate
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Communicable Disease

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

45. Something that carries a piece of DNA or pathogen but is not affected by them
Vector
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Rod and sphere

46. How can a genetic disease be passed...
Only from parent to child
Recombinant DNA technology
Rod and sphere
Host

47. An organism in which the pathogen lives and causes disease
Rod and sphere
Host
Viroid
Pandemic

48. What is the use of a host for a virus?
Capsid
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Host

49. Virus that pauses one it gets inside the cell and can lay dormant for days or years
Reverse transcription
Temperate
Reservoir
Lysogenic