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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






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






3. Anything that causes disease






4. Different types of nucleic acid






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






6. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






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






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






10. Rejoining of DNA






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






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






13. How are viruses classified?






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






15. What is recombinant DNA?






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






17. Another word for lysogenic






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






19. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






21. Different shapes of a virus






22. How do viruses cause disease?






23. Are viruses living?






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






25. Genetically identical copy






26. What is the virus structure?






27. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






29. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






30. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






32. A local outbreak of disease






33. Things that can cause disease






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






35. Another word for lytic






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






37. What is another name for genetic engineering?






38. Outside protien coat of a virus






39. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






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. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?






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






45. How a pathogen gets from host to host






46. A world wide break out of a disease






47. What are the characteristics of living things?






48. How can a communicable disease be passed?






49. Creating DNA from RNA