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






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






3. What is a DNA fingerprint?






4. Different types of nucleic acid






5. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






7. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






9. What is the virus structure?






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






11. A world wide break out of a disease






12. A non living pathogen made of only protien






13. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






14. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






15. Things that can cause disease






16. Another word for lytic






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






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






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






20. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






21. How can a communicable disease be passed?






22. How do viruses cause disease?






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






24. A local outbreak of disease






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






26. Are viruses living?






27. What is recombinant DNA?






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






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






30. Outside protien coat of a virus






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






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






33. Different shapes of a virus






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






35. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






38. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






39. Another word for lysogenic






40. Anything that causes disease






41. Rejoining of DNA






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






43. How a pathogen gets from host to host






44. How are viruses classified?






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






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






47. Genetically identical copy






48. Creating DNA from RNA






49. What are the characteristics of living things?