Fig 1.

Features of the EEHV1A and EEHV1B genome termini. (a) Alignment of the EEHV1A sequence at the junction between the right end of U and the left end of TR (upper sequence) with that of the conceptual junction between the genome termini (lower sequence). The 16 nt in common between the right end of U and the right terminus are shaded gray. The residue originating from the unpaired nucleotide at the right genome terminus is shaded black. The corresponding sequences in EEHV1B differ at a single nucleotide (see panel b). (b) Alignment of sequences at betaherpesvirus genome termini. Conserved regions noted previously are underlined, and terminal nucleotides are shaded black. The single nucleotide in EEHV1B that is not conserved in EEHV1A is shaded gray. Sequences were obtained from NCBI RefSeq. HCMV, human cytomegalovirus; CCMV, chimpanzee cytomegalovirus; GMCMV, green monkey cytomegalovirus; OMCMV, owl monkey cytomegalovirus; SMCMV, squirrel monkey cytomegalovirus; MCMV, murine cytomegalovirus; RCMV, rat cytomegalovirus; HHV6A, human herpesvirus 6A; HHV7, human herpesvirus 7; and GPCMV, guinea pig cytomegalovirus. In both panels, the ellipses denote the remainder of the genome.