Figure 2.

A map of the latent EBV genome. The 165 kilobase pair double-stranded DNA genome exists as a plasmid maintained within the nucleus of infected cells. The origin of plasmid replication (oriP) is shown in yellow. The thin lines represent transcripts, each color representing the promoter that drives their transcription, C (green), W (purple), and Q (orange). The black boxed arrows represent the approximate locations of exons encoding latent proteins. The black triangles at the top represent the highly transcribed non-coding RNA EBERs, and the red triangles represent the two sets of miRNAs.