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. 2026 Sep 17;18(9):1033. doi: 10.3390/v18091033
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
BAC Bacterial artificial chromosome
DAPI 4′,6-Diamidino-2-phenylindole
DMEM Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium
EBV Epstein–Barr virus
FACS Fluorescence-activated cell sorting
HCMV Human cytomegalovirus
HF Human fibroblast
HFF Human foreskin fibroblast
HHV Human herpesvirus
Hpi Hours post infection
HRP Horseradish peroxidase
HSV Herpes simplex virus
IAP Inhibitor of apoptosis protein
IE1 Immediate-early 1 protein
INDEL Insertion–deletion
IPAM Interacting protein aggregation motif
KSHV Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
MLKL Mixed lineage kinase domain-like pseudokinase
MOI Multiplicity of infection
PBMC Peripheral blood mononuclear cell
PCD Programmed cell death
PFU Plaque-forming unit
PVDF Polyvinylidene difluoride
RFLP Restriction fragment length polymorphism
RHIM Receptor homotypic interaction motif
RIPK1 Receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1
RIPK3 Receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 3
RPMI Roswell Park Memorial Institute medium
RT-PCR Real-time polymerase chain reaction
SDS Sodium dodecyl sulfate
SNP Single-nucleotide polymorphism
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alpha
TSV TNF-α, Smac mimetic, and Z-VAD-FMK cocktail
UMMC University of Mississippi Medical Center
VAC Viral assembly complex
VAF Variant allele frequency
vICA Viral inhibitor of caspase-8 activation
vIRA Viral inhibitor of RIP activation
vMIA Viral inhibitor of mitochondrial apoptosis