Table 1.

Herpesvirus Genomes Used to Construct Homologous Protein Families

Subfamily and sublineage Virus name (strain) Acronyms GenBank Accession no. ORFs[i] Length (Kb)
Alphaherpesviruses
α1Human herpesvirus 1 (17)HSV-1[ii]/HHV-1 X14112 77152
α1Human herpesvirus 2 (HG52)HSV-2[iii]/HHV-2 Z86099 77154
α2Human herpesvirus 3VZV[iv]/HHV-3 X04370 71124
α2Equine herpesvirus 1 (Ab4p)EHV-1 M86664 80150
α2Equine herpesvirus 4 (NS80567)EHV-4 AF030027 79145
α2Bovine herpesvirus 1 (K22)BHV-1 AJ004801 73135
α3Gallid herpesvirus 2 (HPR524)GHV-2 AB024414 65110
Betaherpesviruses
β1Human herpesvirus 5 (AD169)HHV-5/HCMV[v] X17403 203229
β2Human herpesvirus 6 A (U1102)HHV-6 (A) X83413 121159
β2Human herpesvirus 6 B (HST)HHV-6 (B/HST) AB021506 115161
β2Human herpesvirus 7 (JI)HHV-7 (JI) U43400 107144
Gammaherpesviruses
γ1Human herpesvirus 4 (B95-8)HHV-4/EBV[vi] V01555 86172
γ2Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (C500)AHV-1 AF005370 70130
γ2Ateline herpesvirus 3 (73)HVA-3[vii] AF083424 71108
γ2Macaca mulatta rhadinovirus (17577)RRV[viii] AF083501 80133
γ2Saimiriine herpesvirus 2HVS[ix] X64346 76112
γ2Equine herpesvirus 2 (86/87)EHV-2 U20824 79184
γ2Human herpesvirus 8HHV-8/KSHV[x] U75698 82137
γ2Murine herpesvirus 68 (WUMS)MHV-68 U97553 80119

[i] Number of open reading frames as extracted from GenBank entry (Benson et al. 1999).

[ii] HSV-1; herpes simplex virus-1

[iii] HSV-2; herpes simplex virus-2

[iv] VZV; Varicella Zoster virus

[v] HCMV; human cytomegalovirus

[vi] EBV; Epstein-Barr Virus

[vii] HVA-3; herpesvirus ateles-3

[viii] RRV; rhesus rhadinovirus

[ix] HVS; herpesvirus saimiri

[x] KSHV; Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus