Herpesvirus Genomes Used to Construct Homologous Protein Families
| Subfamily and sublineage | Virus name (strain) | Acronyms | GenBank Accession no. | ORFs[i] | Length (Kb) |
| Alphaherpesviruses | |||||
| α1 | Human herpesvirus 1 (17) | HSV-1[ii]/HHV-1 | X14112 | 77 | 152 |
| α1 | Human herpesvirus 2 (HG52) | HSV-2[iii]/HHV-2 | Z86099 | 77 | 154 |
| α2 | Human herpesvirus 3 | VZV[iv]/HHV-3 | X04370 | 71 | 124 |
| α2 | Equine herpesvirus 1 (Ab4p) | EHV-1 | M86664 | 80 | 150 |
| α2 | Equine herpesvirus 4 (NS80567) | EHV-4 | AF030027 | 79 | 145 |
| α2 | Bovine herpesvirus 1 (K22) | BHV-1 | AJ004801 | 73 | 135 |
| α3 | Gallid herpesvirus 2 (HPR524) | GHV-2 | AB024414 | 65 | 110 |
| Betaherpesviruses | |||||
| β1 | Human herpesvirus 5 (AD169) | HHV-5/HCMV[v] | X17403 | 203 | 229 |
| β2 | Human herpesvirus 6 A (U1102) | HHV-6 (A) | X83413 | 121 | 159 |
| β2 | Human herpesvirus 6 B (HST) | HHV-6 (B/HST) | AB021506 | 115 | 161 |
| β2 | Human herpesvirus 7 (JI) | HHV-7 (JI) | U43400 | 107 | 144 |
| Gammaherpesviruses | |||||
| γ1 | Human herpesvirus 4 (B95-8) | HHV-4/EBV[vi] | V01555 | 86 | 172 |
| γ2 | Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (C500) | AHV-1 | AF005370 | 70 | 130 |
| γ2 | Ateline herpesvirus 3 (73) | HVA-3[vii] | AF083424 | 71 | 108 |
| γ2 | Macaca mulatta rhadinovirus (17577) | RRV[viii] | AF083501 | 80 | 133 |
| γ2 | Saimiriine herpesvirus 2 | HVS[ix] | X64346 | 76 | 112 |
| γ2 | Equine herpesvirus 2 (86/87) | EHV-2 | U20824 | 79 | 184 |
| γ2 | Human herpesvirus 8 | HHV-8/KSHV[x] | U75698 | 82 | 137 |
| γ2 | Murine herpesvirus 68 (WUMS) | MHV-68 | U97553 | 80 | 119 |
[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