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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A type of disease caused a problem with someone's DNA that leads to a miss a malfunctioning protein






2. Anything that causes disease






3. Things that can cause disease






4. How do viruses cause disease?






5. Creating DNA from RNA






6. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






8. Different shapes of a virus






9. Another word for lytic






10. What is a DNA fingerprint?






11. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






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






14. What is another name for genetic engineering?






15. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






16. A world wide break out of a disease






17. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






20. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






22. Another word for lysogenic






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






24. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






26. Different types of nucleic acid






27. What is the virus structure?






28. What is recombinant DNA?






29. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






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






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






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






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






35. How are viruses classified?






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






37. Rejoining of DNA






38. Outside protien coat of a virus






39. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






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






42. Genetically identical copy






43. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






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






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






47. A local outbreak of disease






48. Are viruses living?






49. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?