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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A living organism like an animal or insect that carries a pathogen from host to host






2. Different shapes of a virus






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






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






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






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






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






8. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






10. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






12. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






13. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






14. Things that can cause disease






15. What is the virus structure?






16. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






19. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






20. A non living pathogen made of only protien






21. Another word for lysogenic






22. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






24. Outside protien coat of a virus






25. How do viruses cause disease?






26. Anything that causes disease






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






28. Rejoining of DNA






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






30. Creating DNA from RNA






31. How a pathogen gets from host to host






32. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






33. Genetically identical copy






34. A local outbreak of disease






35. Another word for lytic






36. Different types of nucleic acid






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






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






39. How are viruses classified?






40. A world wide break out of a disease






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






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






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






44. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






45. What is recombinant DNA?






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






47. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






49. Are viruses living?