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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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1. Are viruses living?






2. A non living pathogen made of only protien






3. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






4. A world wide break out of a disease






5. Creating DNA from RNA






6. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






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






9. What is the virus structure?






10. Another word for lytic






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






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






13. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






14. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






15. How can a communicable disease be passed?






16. Genetically identical copy






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






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






19. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






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






22. Rejoining of DNA






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






24. Different types of nucleic acid






25. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






26. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






28. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






30. Different shapes of a virus






31. Another word for lysogenic






32. A local outbreak of disease






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






34. What is a DNA fingerprint?






35. Things that can cause disease






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






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






38. How do viruses cause disease?






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






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






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






42. What is recombinant DNA?






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






44. Anything that causes disease






45. How are viruses classified?






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






47. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






49. What are the characteristics of living things?