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 5114 UL44 Gallid herpesvirus 2 2930822 9635078 GaHV2_gp065 AY510475 NP_057805 glycoprotein C Virulence factor MDV gC expression is reduced during attenuation of very virulent Mareks disease virus. [Ref7519:Tischer et al., 2005] 15857974 5115 MDV076 Gallid herpesvirus 2 4811549 125745114 MD5V_076 AF243438 YP_001033993 oncoprotein MEQ Virulence factor Deletion of Meq gene significantly decreased immunosuppression and oncogenic properties of very virulent MDV strains. [Ref7522:Li et al., 2011] 21205328 5118 R-LORF2 Gallid herpesvirus 2 2930769 9635092 GaHV2_gp094 AF147806 NP_057742 vIL-8 Virulence factor Deletion of vIL-8 gene results in attenuation of the virus and induction of significantly less gross tumor. [Ref7521:Cui et al., 2005] 16094823