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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • 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. Different types of nucleic acid






3. Another word for lysogenic






4. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






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






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






8. Anything that causes disease






9. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






11. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






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






14. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






15. What is the virus structure?






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






17. Things that can cause disease






18. Rejoining of DNA






19. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






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






22. How are viruses classified?






23. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






25. Genetically identical copy






26. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






28. How can a communicable disease be passed?






29. Are viruses living?






30. How do viruses cause disease?






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






32. Different shapes of a virus






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






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






35. Creating DNA from RNA






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






37. What is recombinant DNA?






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






39. What is a DNA fingerprint?






40. A world wide break out of a disease






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






42. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






43. What are the characteristics of living things?






44. A local outbreak of disease






45. What is another name for genetic engineering?






46. Another word for lytic






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






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






49. A worldwide outbreak of a disease