TABLE 3.

Amino acid sequence comparison between the KSHV DL-B ORFs and homologous ORFs of RFHV and other gammaherpesviruses

Gamma- herpes- virus	% Homologya
	ORF 9 (DNA poly- merase)	ORF 10	ORF 11	ORF K2 (vIL6)	ORF 02 (vDHFR)	ORF K3	ORF 70 (vTS)
RFHV	76	45	NP	35	52	39	74
RRV	67	34	32	14	45*	NP	74
HVS	61	21	30	NP	48*	17	65*
EBV	54	14	27	NP	NP	NP	NP

^aNP, not present. *, homologous genes located outside the DL-B region (see Fig. 1).