TABLE 2.

Amino acid homologies of the predicted ILTV gene products to related alphaherpesvirus proteins

ILTV gene	Homologya (% identical/% related) of gene product to related protein of:
	MDV	HVTb	PrV	EHV-1	BHV-1	VZV	HSV-1
UL50			29/41	27/36	25/34	24/36	26/34
UL49.5	30/40		30/36	24/35	29/38	33/45	29/40
UL49	26/35			28/36	27/34	25/33	25/39
UL48	27/38	25/37		26/37	27/38	25/37	30/42
UL46	23/33			26/37	23/33	23/35	24/31
UL45	24/40	24/34	—	21/33	—	—	23/32
UL22	21/35	24/39	23/34	23/37	24/34	25/37	22/33
UL21			23/38	24/37	22/32	23/37	23/38

^aHomologies were determined by pairwise comparison with GCG program Gap. —, absence of the UL45 gene from seven alphaherpesvirus genomes; no entry, information not available. 

^bHVT, herpesvirus of turkeys.