Table 1.

EBV viral gene expression.

Latency Type		Viral mRNAs	Viral noncoding RNAs	Immunogenicity*
Latency I	Canonical BL	EBNA1	BART miRNAs EBERs	Limited antigen expression
Wp Latency	Wp-restricted BL	EBNA1 EBNA3A, 3B, 3C EBNA-LP (truncated) BHRF1	BART miRNAs EBERs BHRF1 miRNAs	Increased antigen expression
Latency III	LCLs	EBNA1 EBNA2 EBNA3A, 3B, 3C EBNA-LP BHRF1 LMP1 LMP2A, 2B	BART miRNAs EBERs BHRF1 miRNAs	Highest antigen expression

*Rowe et al., 1986; Rooney et al., 1986; Rowe et al., 1987.

Annotations in acronym or abbreviated form are: LCL, lymphoblastoid cell line.