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






2. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






4. Different types of nucleic acid






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






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






7. A world wide break out of a disease






8. Another word for lytic






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






10. What is another name for genetic engineering?






11. Are viruses living?






12. Anything that causes disease






13. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






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






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






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






18. Another word for lysogenic






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






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






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






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






23. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






25. Genetically identical copy






26. Rejoining of DNA






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






28. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






30. How a pathogen gets from host to host






31. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






32. How do viruses cause disease?






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






34. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






36. What are the characteristics of living things?






37. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






38. What is the virus structure?






39. Different shapes of a virus






40. A local outbreak of disease






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






42. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






43. How are viruses classified?






44. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






45. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






46. What is recombinant DNA?






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






48. Creating DNA from RNA






49. Things that can cause disease