Table II.

WSSV immediate-early (IE) genes expressed during infection.

Gene name	Putative function	Length (amino acids)	Gene expression (h p.i.)	Reference
ie1	Transcription factor	224	2	[72]
ie2	No recognizable functional motifs	108	2	[72]
ie3	No recognizable functional motifs	60	2	[72]
wsv051	Transcription factor	196	1	[58]
wsv079	Transcription factor	511	1	[58]
wsv078	Low complexity	398	2	[58]
wsv080	Unidentified	129	2	[58]
wsv083	Serine/threonine (Ser/Thr) kinase	581	1	[58]
wsv091	Unidentified	1145	1	[58]
wsv094	Unidentified	163	2	[58]
wsv098	Low complexity	168	1	[58]
wsv099	Low complexity	102	2	[58]
wsv100	Transcription factor	624	1	[58]
wsv101	Unidentified	112	1	[58]
wsv103	Unidentified	128	2	[58]
wsv108	Low complexity	406	1	[58]
wsv178	Unidentified	302	2	[58]
wsv238	VP51A,VP52A/Structure protein	486	2	[54]
wsv249	Ubiquitin E3 ligase	783	1	[58]
wsv360	VP664/Structure protein	6077	2	[56]