Table-2.

Amino acid substitution of Meq gene protein.

Strain/country	Amino acids position/substitutions
	Basic region			Leu Zip	Transactivation domain
	71	77	80	110	141	168	194	200	217	218	283	320	328
CVI988/NLD	S	E	D	C	H	S	-	I	P	P	A	I	S
GA/USA	A	K	D	C	H	S	P	I	P	P	A	I	S
Md5/USA	A	K	D	C	H	S	P	I	A	P	V	T	S
Saudi 01-13	A	E	Y	S	P	S	P	I	P	S	A	I	S
Saudi 02-13*	A	E	Y	S	P	S	-	-	-	S	A	I	S
12_08/LORF7/POL	A	E	Y	S	P	S	P	I	P	S	A	I	L
RB-1B/USA	A	K	D	C	H	S	P	I	P	P	A	I	S
Iraq 10*	S	E	D	C	H	P	-	-	A	P	A	I	S
Iraq 51*	S	E	D	C	H	S	-	-	A	P	A	I	S
Iraq 95*	S	E	D	C	H	S	-	-	A	P	A	I	S

^*MDVs isolates with SMeq.

MDV=Marek’s disease virus