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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. Things that can cause disease






2. Different types of nucleic acid






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






4. Genetically identical copy






5. How a pathogen gets from host to host






6. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






7. A local outbreak of disease






8. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






10. How do viruses cause disease?






11. Anything that causes disease






12. Another word for lysogenic






13. What are the characteristics of living things?






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






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






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






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






18. Outside protien coat of a virus






19. How are viruses classified?






20. A non living pathogen made of only protien






21. A world wide break out of a disease






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






23. What is recombinant DNA?






24. Rejoining of DNA






25. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






27. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






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






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






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






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






33. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






35. What is another name for genetic engineering?






36. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






38. Are viruses living?






39. What is the virus structure?






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






41. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






43. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






44. Creating DNA from RNA






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






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






47. Different shapes of a virus






48. Another word for lytic






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