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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. A non living pathogen made of only protien






2. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






4. Another word for lysogenic






5. Genetically identical copy






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






7. What is the virus structure?






8. How can a communicable disease be passed?






9. Another word for lytic






10. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






11. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






13. What are the characteristics of living things?






14. Anything that causes disease






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






16. Different types of nucleic acid






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






18. A local outbreak of disease






19. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






20. How do viruses cause disease?






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






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






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






24. What is recombinant DNA?






25. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






26. A world wide break out of a disease






27. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






28. Different shapes of a virus






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






30. Creating DNA from RNA






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






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






33. Things that can cause disease






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






35. How a pathogen gets from host to host






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






37. Rejoining of DNA






38. Are viruses living?






39. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






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






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






43. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






45. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






48. How are viruses classified?






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






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