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Genetic Engineering And Virus

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1. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions
Virus
Vector
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Transgenic organisms

2. Creating DNA from RNA
Reverse transcription
Virus
Reservoir
Epidemic

3. Type of disease caused by a pathogen (virus - bacteria - etc.) damaging cells in the body
Communicable Disease
Recombinant DNA
DNA and RNA
Lysogenic

4. How can a genetic disease be passed...
Only from parent to child
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy

5. A non living pathogen made only of DNA
Lytic
Viroid
Transmission
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated

6. A type of disease caused a problem with someone's DNA that leads to a miss a malfunctioning protein
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Prion
Host
Genetic disease

7. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease
Transmission
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Prions
DNA sequencing

8. How can a communicable disease be passed?
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Reverse transcription
Through sneezing or touching

9. Rod and sphere refers to the different ______ a virus can be...
Pandemic
Shapes
Capsids
Recombinant DNA technology

10. How are viruses classified?
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Reservoir

11. A living organism like an animal or insect that carries a pathogen from host to host
Rod and sphere
Vector
Epidemic
Virus

12. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
Prion
Capsid
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated

13. An organism in which the pathogen lives and causes disease
Genetic disease
Viriulent
Reservoir
Host

14. Figuring out the order of the letters in a strand of DNA
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone
Viroid
DNA sequencing

15. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope
Clone
It is inserted into an organism and the organism uses that foreign DNA as its own
DNA sequencing

16. Genetically identical copy
Clone
Transmission
Communicable Disease
Gene splicing

17. Outside protien coat of a virus
Capsid
Recombinant DNA
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone

18. A local outbreak of disease
Epidemic
Transgenic organisms
Recombinant DNA technology
Communicable Disease

19. A non living pathogen made of only protien
Lytic
Prion
Transmission
Communicable Disease

20. A non - living pathogen made of nucleic acid and protein
Virus
Capsid
Communicable Disease
Rod and sphere

21. How do viruses cause disease?
Pathogen
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Lysogenic

22. What is the virus structure?
Transmission
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Pathogens
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope

23. Another word for lysogenic
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Temperate
Transmission
Shapes

24. What is the use of a host for a virus?
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Transmission
Epidemic
Genetic disease

25. How a pathogen gets from its reservoir to its host
Pandemic
Transmission
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Vector

26. Possible extra outside coat on a virus
Envelope
DNA sequencing
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Gene splicing

27. A worldwide outbreak of a disease
Reverse transcription
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Pandemic
Recombinant DNA

28. Rejoining of DNA
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope
Host
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Gene splicing

29. A world wide break out of a disease
Reverse transcription
Only from parent to child
Virus
Pandemic

30. Layer of protein surrounding the nucleic acid in a virus
Capsids
Vector
Shapes
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated

31. Virus that pauses one it gets inside the cell and can lay dormant for days or years
Lysogenic
Clone
Reverse transcription
Rod and sphere

32. How a pathogen gets from host to host
Transmission
DNA sequencing
Reservoir
Virus

33. What are the characteristics of living things?
Rod and sphere
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Temperate
Transgenic organisms

34. Are viruses living?
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
No
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease

35. Something that carries a piece of DNA or pathogen but is not affected by them
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Capsid
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Vector

36. He original host; where the virus lives until it moves to humans; usually only has mild symptoms
Lytic
Reservoir
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Gene splicing

37. Things that can cause disease
Gene splicing
When bacteria reproduce millions of bacterial cells are formed and each have a desired piece of foreign DNA that can be easily purified - studied and manipulated
Pathogens
Transgenic organisms

38. DNA that is made from pieces of DNA from 2 different organisms
Prions
The virus cant reproduce - make proteins ot store energy without it
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Recombinant DNA

39. What is the procedure for taking a piece of DNA form one organism and putting it into another?
Isolation of the foreign DNA - Joining the DNA with the vehicle - Transfer to the recombinant DNA into a host
Virus
Clone
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have

40. Different types of nucleic acid
Recombinant DNA technology
Temperate
Lysogenic
DNA and RNA

41. What is another name for genetic engineering?
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Recombinant DNA technology
Only from parent to child
Viriulent

42. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?
Plants dont have the plasmids or kinds of viruses needed for taking up the foreign pieces of DNA that bacterial cells have
Reservoir
No
Rod and sphere

43. A circular piece of single stranded RNA that can cause disease found in plants
Clone
Recombinant DNA technology
Made up of cells - level of organization - able to reproduce - able to grow and develop - responds to stimuli - uses energy
Viroid

44. Another word for lytic
Transmission
No
Pathogens
Viriulent

45. Anything that causes disease
Capsid
Temperate
Recombinant DNA technology
Pathogen

46. Virus that infects its host and stars reproducing right away making the host sick quickly
Nucleic acid - shape - what they infect
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease
Lytic
Prions

47. What is a DNA fingerprint?
Transmission
Transmission
Made of DNA or RNA - capsid - sometimes an envelope
Genes left behind by the DNA after it is gone

48. Different shapes of a virus
Rod and sphere
Pathogen
Reservoir
Viral reproduction destroys the host cells and causes disease

49. What is recombinant DNA?
Vector
DNA made by connecting fragments of DNA from different sources
Prions
Recombinant DNA technology