Genetic Engineering And Virus

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1. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?
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
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Lytic
Lysogenic


2. A non - living pathogen made of nucleic acid and protein
Lysogenic
Virus
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Capsid


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


4. Creating DNA from RNA
Reverse transcription
Viriulent
Shapes
Prion


5. A local outbreak of disease
Epidemic
Reservoir
Lytic
Pandemic


6. What is another name for genetic engineering?
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Host
Recombinant DNA technology
DNA and RNA


7. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering
DNA and RNA
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Virus
Viriulent


8. Different types of nucleic acid
Only from parent to child
DNA and RNA
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope
Viroid


9. A world wide break out of a disease
Only from parent to child
Communicable Disease
Pandemic
Clone


10. Possible extra outside coat on a virus
Envelope
Recombinant DNA
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
DNA and RNA


11. Anything that causes disease
No
Pathogens
Recombinant DNA technology
Pathogen


12. Another word for lysogenic
Temperate
Gene splicing
Host
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own


13. Outside protien coat of a virus
Genetic disease
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Capsid
Only from parent to child


14. What are the characteristics of living things?
DNA sequencing
Transmission
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Transgenic organisms


15. How can a communicable disease be passed?
Lysogenic
Reservoir
Through sneezing or touching
Gene splicing


16. A non living pathogen made of only protien
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Vector
Prion
No


17. How are viruses classified?
Virus
Viroid
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Vector


18. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions
Transgenic organisms
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
Prions
Only from parent to child


19. How do viruses cause disease?
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Prion
Genetic disease


20. DNA that is made from pieces of DNA from 2 different organisms
DNA and RNA
Pandemic
Recombinant DNA
Viroid


21. Things that can cause disease
Vector
Lytic
Pathogens
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect


22. What is a DNA fingerprint?
No
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Communicable Disease
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources


23. Genetically identical copy
Communicable Disease
Clone
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Pathogens


24. What is the use of a host for a virus?
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Host
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it


25. Virus that pauses one it gets inside the cell and can lay dormant for days or years
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
Lysogenic
Lytic
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope


26. What is recombinant DNA?
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Communicable Disease
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Pathogen


27. Layer of protein surrounding the nucleic acid in a virus
Gene splicing
Temperate
Capsids
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own


28. How a pathogen gets from host to host
Pandemic
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Transmission


29. A circular piece of single stranded RNA that can cause disease found in plants
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope
Pathogen
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Viroid


30. He original host; where the virus lives until it moves to humans; usually only has mild symptoms
Viroid
Reservoir
Rod and sphere
Pathogen


31. A type of disease caused a problem with someone's DNA that leads to a miss a malfunctioning protein
Genetic disease
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Recombinant DNA
Epidemic


32. Virus that infects its host and stars reproducing right away making the host sick quickly
Reverse transcription
Lytic
Viriulent
Pathogen


33. Something that carries a piece of DNA or pathogen but is not affected by them
No
Only from parent to child
Vector
Epidemic


34. Type of disease caused by a pathogen (virus - bacteria - etc.) damaging cells in the body
Communicable Disease
Pandemic
Capsids
DNA sequencing


35. Are viruses living?
Through sneezing or touching
Vector
No
Capsids


36. How can a genetic disease be passed...
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Only from parent to child
Epidemic
Capsid


37. 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
Lytic
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Transmission


38. An organism in which the pathogen lives and causes disease
Clone
Host
Transgenic organisms
Envelope


39. Figuring out the order of the letters in a strand of DNA
Communicable Disease
DNA sequencing
Lytic
Viriulent


40. A worldwide outbreak of a disease
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Only from parent to child
Pandemic
Transmission


41. A living organism like an animal or insect that carries a pathogen from host to host
No
Vector
Host
DNA sequencing


42. Different shapes of a virus
Transmission
Host
Rod and sphere
Reservoir


43. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Capsids
Viroid
Prions


44. How a pathogen gets from its reservoir to its host
Pandemic
Capsids
Transmission
Reservoir


45. Rod and sphere refers to the different ______ a virus can be...
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
Shapes
Envelope
Viroid


46. Another word for lytic
Transmission
Virus
Viriulent
Pandemic


47. A non living pathogen made only of DNA
Lytic
DNA sequencing
Prions
Viroid


48. Rejoining of DNA
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Reservoir
Gene splicing
Temperate


49. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?
Envelope
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
Capsids
Transmission