TABLE 5.
DNA- and protein-level divergences in ORFs across EEHV7, EEHV3, EEHV4, and EEHV1Ab
| Gene locus | EEHV1A (Kimba) positionsa |
Protein size (bp) | % divergence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nucleotide level |
Amino acid level |
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| EEHV7/ EEHV3 |
EEHV7/ EEHV4 |
EEHV3A/ EEHV3B |
EEHV3/ EEHV4 |
EEHV7/ EEHV1 |
EEHV7/ EEHV3 |
EEHV7/ EEHV4 |
EEHV3A/ EEHV3B |
EEHV3/ EEHV4 |
EEHV7/ EEHV1 |
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| U38(POL) | 78384–79040 | 220 | 13 | 14 | 1.6 | 7 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 1.8 | 7.5 | 26 |
| U48.5(TK) | 106674–106294 | 126 | 18 | 16 | 9.8 | 12 | 38 | 19 | 16 | 7.6 | 14 | 48 |
| U60(TERex3) | 123731–124037 | 105 | 8 | 7 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| U71(MyrTeg) | 132954–133241 | 96 | 37 | 39 | 15.3 | 26 | 50 | 42 | 45 | 20 | 29 | 71 |
| U72(gM) | 133320–133554 | 78 | 24 | 23 | 9.8 | 14 | 50 | 24 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 53 |
| U73(OBP) | 134670–135287 | 207 | 26 | 23 | 4.9 | 17 | 41 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 22 | 40 |
| U76(POR) | 140967–141295 | 104 | 6 | 5.8 | ND | 3.3 | 29 | >1 | >2 | ND | >1 | 23 |
| U77(HEL) | 141246–141878 | 189 | 7.2 | 8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 21 |
| U81(UDG) | 146566–146168 | 133 | 11 | 12 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
a
Based on data reported previously by Ling et al. (22).
b
ORF and GenBank data for EEHV3B are included for comparison in Section S1 in the supplemental material (Bronson et al., unpublished). The prototype strains used for these comparisons were EEHV1A(Kimba, NAP23). EEHV3A(AfrLng54), EEHV3B(NAP62), EEHV4A(NAP22), and EEHV7(NAP42-D).