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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. Anything that causes disease






2. What is recombinant DNA?






3. What is a DNA fingerprint?






4. Creating DNA from RNA






5. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






6. How are viruses classified?






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






8. Genetically identical copy






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






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






11. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






12. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






13. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






14. Things that can cause disease






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






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






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






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






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






20. What are the characteristics of living things?






21. Outside protien coat of a virus






22. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






23. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






25. Rejoining of DNA






26. What is the virus structure?






27. Another word for lysogenic






28. How do viruses cause disease?






29. A local outbreak of disease






30. Are viruses living?






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






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






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






34. Another word for lytic






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






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






37. How a pathogen gets from host to host






38. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






40. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






42. Different types of nucleic acid






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






44. A world wide break out of a disease






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






46. Different shapes of a virus






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






48. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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