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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. How a pathogen gets from its reservoir to its host






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






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






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






5. Different types of nucleic acid






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






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






8. Genetically identical copy






9. Another word for lysogenic






10. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






12. What is recombinant DNA?






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






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






15. Another word for lytic






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






17. What is the virus structure?






18. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






19. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






21. What is another name for genetic engineering?






22. Rejoining of DNA






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






24. Things that can cause disease






25. A local outbreak of disease






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






27. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






28. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






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






31. Anything that causes disease






32. A world wide break out of a disease






33. Are viruses living?






34. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






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






37. Creating DNA from RNA






38. What are the characteristics of living things?






39. Different shapes of a virus






40. A non living pathogen made of only protien






41. What is a DNA fingerprint?






42. How can a communicable disease be passed?






43. How are viruses classified?






44. How do viruses cause disease?






45. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






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






49. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions