Protegen ID Gene Name Sequence Strain (Species/Organism) NCBI Gene ID NCBI Nucleotide GI NCBI Protein GI Locus Tag Genbank Accession Protein Accession Protein Name Protein Annotation Molecule Role Molecule Role Annotation COG PMID 5031 MYXV_gp168 Myxoma virus 1670230 9633635 MYXV_gp168 JX565577 NP_051879 mRNA Virulence factor MUTATION: Although the T2-minus recombinant myxoma virus grew normally in tissue culture, upon infection of susceptible rabbits the viral disease was observed to be significantly attenuated [Ref7435:Upton et al., 1991]. 1651597 5084 m128L Myxoma virus 932066 9633764 MYXV_gp132 JX565583 NP_051842 mRNA Virulence factor Creation of an M128L-deletion mutant myxoma virus strain and subsequent infection of the European rabbit demonstrated that M128L is necessary for the production of a lethal infection in susceptible rabbits, while it is fully dispensable for virus replication in vitro. Secondary sites of infection developed on the majority of rabbits infected with the M128L-deletion mutant (vMyx128KO), demonstrating that the M128L protein is nonessential for the dissemination of virus within the host. [Ref7485:Cameron et al., 2005] 15914220