FIG. 1.

Multiple sequence alignment of the CMV IE86 protein homologs. Amino acid sequences for the proteins from human CMV Towne strain IE2 (AAR31449), chimpanzee CMV IE2 (NP612745), rhesus CMV IE2 (AAB00488), African green monkey (AGM) CMV IE2 (AAB16881), mouse CMV IE3 (AAA74505), and rat CMV IE2 (AAB92266) were aligned using MultAlin. Multiple sequence alignments are displayed using BoxShade. Identical residues appear shaded in black, while similar residues appear shaded in gray. In the consensus sequence, a star indicates a residue that is identical in all aligned sequences, while a dot indicates a residue that is conserved in at least half of the aligned sequences. The numbers appearing between the species and the amino acid sequence represent the amino acid position for that particular species. A hyphen designates a gap in the sequence that was inserted for optimal alignment.