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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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1. What is another name for genetic engineering?






2. How are viruses classified?






3. Things that can cause disease






4. A local outbreak of disease






5. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






6. Are viruses living?






7. How a pathogen gets from host to host






8. A world wide break out of a disease






9. Rejoining of DNA






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






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






12. What is recombinant DNA?






13. What are the characteristics of living things?






14. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






15. Different shapes of a virus






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






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






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






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






20. Outside protien coat of a virus






21. What is a DNA fingerprint?






22. Different types of nucleic acid






23. What is the virus structure?






24. Another word for lysogenic






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






26. Creating DNA from RNA






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






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






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






30. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






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






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






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






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






36. Anything that causes disease






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






38. Another word for lytic






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






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






41. A non living pathogen made of only protien






42. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






43. Genetically identical copy






44. How do viruses cause disease?






45. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






46. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






48. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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