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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease






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






3. How do viruses cause disease?






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






5. Anything that causes disease






6. Genetically identical copy






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






8. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






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






11. Another word for lytic






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






13. Different types of nucleic acid






14. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






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






17. A world wide break out of a disease






18. Things that can cause disease






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






20. Another word for lysogenic






21. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






23. Creating DNA from RNA






24. Are viruses living?






25. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






26. How are viruses classified?






27. Different shapes of a virus






28. Outside protien coat of a virus






29. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






30. What is the virus structure?






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






32. Rejoining of DNA






33. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






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






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






37. How can a communicable disease be passed?






38. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






41. What is recombinant DNA?






42. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






44. What are the characteristics of living things?






45. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






46. A local outbreak of disease






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






48. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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