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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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1. Layer of protein surrounding the nucleic acid in a virus






2. Another word for lytic






3. A local outbreak of disease






4. What is another name for genetic engineering?






5. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






6. What is a DNA fingerprint?






7. Rejoining of DNA






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






9. Another word for lysogenic






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






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






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






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






14. What is recombinant DNA?






15. Different types of nucleic acid






16. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






17. How do viruses cause disease?






18. What is the virus structure?






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






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






21. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






23. Anything that causes disease






24. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






26. Different shapes of a virus






27. Outside protien coat of a virus






28. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






29. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






32. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






33. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






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






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






37. Are viruses living?






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






39. Genetically identical copy






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






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






42. A world wide break out of a disease






43. Creating DNA from RNA






44. How are viruses classified?






45. Things that can cause disease






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






47. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






49. How can a communicable disease be passed?