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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. Rejoining of DNA






2. What is the virus structure?






3. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






4. Another word for lysogenic






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






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






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






8. A world wide break out of a disease






9. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






10. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






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






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






14. A local outbreak of disease






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






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






17. Genetically identical copy






18. Another word for lytic






19. What is another name for genetic engineering?






20. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






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






23. Things that can cause disease






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






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






26. How a pathogen gets from host to host






27. Different shapes of a virus






28. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






30. Creating DNA from RNA






31. Outside protien coat of a virus






32. Anything that causes disease






33. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






35. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






36. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






37. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






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






40. How do viruses cause disease?






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






42. How are viruses classified?






43. Are viruses living?






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






45. What is recombinant DNA?






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






47. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






49. Different types of nucleic acid