Title of Invention

RECOMBINANT VIRUS VECTOR FOR GENE INTRODUCTION IN LYMPHOCYTE

Abstract It is intended to provide a recombinant herpesvirus; a process for producing the same; and a pharmacological composition comprising a recombinant herpesvirus. Further, it is intended to provide a vector comprising a herpesvirus genome gene and a BAC vector sequence; a cell comprising such a vector; a fragment capable of homologous recombination with herpesvirus genome; and a nucleic acid cassette comprising a BAC vector sequence. The objects have been attained by the development of a process for producing a recombinant herpesvirus in which use is made of a BAC vector sequence.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (See section 10, rule 13)
'RECOMBINANT VIRUS VECTOR FOR GENE INTRODUCTION IN
LYMPHOCYTE"
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MICROBIAL DISEASES OF OSAKA UNIVERSITY, c/o Osaka University 3-1, Yamadaoka, Suita-shi, Osaka 565-0871, Japan,
The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed.

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5 BACKGROUND OF THE—INVENT ION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention relates to a recombinant viral
10 vector for introducing a desired gene into lymphoid cells,
particularly a recombinant human herpes viral vector prepared
using BAC (E. coll artificial chromosome), and a
pharmaceutical composition comprising such a viral vector.
Further, the present invention relates to a vector comprising
15 a human herpes viral genomic gene and a BAC vector sequence,
and a cell containing such a vector. Further, the present
invention relates to a method for producing a recombinant
human herpesvirus. Further, the present invention relates
to a nucleic acid cassette comprising a fragment capable
20 of homologous recombination with a herpesvirus genome, and
a BAC vector sequence.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART
25 There has been a demand for the establishment of a
technique for gene therapy with lymphoid cells in order to treat various diseases involving lymphoid cells , e.g., human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. However, no satisfactory vector system for introducing a desired gene
30 into lymphoid cells has been developed.
Herpesvirus (HHV) is a generic term referring to viruses of the family Herpesviridae . Both human herpesvirus
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6 and 7 (HHV-6 and HHV-7) are double-stranded DNA viruses of the subfamily (3 H&rpesviridae of the family Herpesviridae , which are responsible for exanthem subitum. (Non-patent document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2). HHV-6 includes two
5 strains , HHV-6A and HHV-6B. HHV-6 causes a viral infectious disease which often occurs during infancy and induces sudden high fever and exanthema before and after the reduction of fever. The prognosis of infected patients is generally good. HHV-7 infection tends to occur later than HHV-6 infection
10 (Non-Patent Document 3). Therefore, exanthem subitum caused by HHV-7 is clinically experienced as secondary exanthem subitum. A seroepidemiological study of HHV-6 and HHV-7 demonstrated that most children become positive for antibodies to HHV-6 and HHV-7 before the age of two or three.
15 It has been reported that the inapparent infection rate is
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HHV-7 As a herpesvirus which was newly found by
Frankel et al. in 1990 when a cytopathic effect was observed
20 during culturing of CD4+ T lymphoid cells of a healthy person' s
peripheral blood (Non-Patent Document 4). The virus was
isolated from mononuclear cells of human peripheral blood.
Both HHV-6 and -7 are CD4+ T lymphoid cell tropic viruses.
HHV-7 infects T cells via a receptor CD4 on the cell surface.
25 HHV-7 can grow only in human T lymphoid cells. Therefore,
HHV-7 is a virus which can be used for gene modification
of human T lymphoid cells.
The HHV-7 genome is double-stranded DNA of about
30 145 kbp. The whole base sequence has been determined by Nicholas et al. It is known that at least 101 genes are present on the genome (Non-Patent Document 5).
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However, it is not currently possible to introduce a gene into T lymphoid cells using HHV-7. This is because no technique for preparing a herpesvirus capable of infecting only T lymphoid cells, i.e., recombinant HHV-7 virus, has
5 been developed, and no technique for efficiently introducing a vector into T lymphoid cells has been established. Therefore, there is a demand for a technique for introducing a desired gene into T lymphoid cells using HHV-7 or HHV-6 recombinant virus.
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In addition, it is believed that these viruses, particularly HHV-7 virus, have no adverse effect on healthy individuals. If a gene containing an antigenic determinant of various viruses (e.g., mumps) is incorporated into the
15 viral genome of HHV-7 and is expressed by infected cells, HHV-7 is considered to be useful as a vaccine. However, when HHV-7 is used as a vaccine, in terms of quality control and quality assurance; it is preferable that the genotype, of the virus is not changed as the virus is subcultured.
20 Therefore, when the recombinant virus is used as a vaccine, it is necessary to stably supply a virus derived from a single recombinant genotype virus. For this purpose, a technique for producing a HHV-7 recombinant virus having a single genotype has been desired.
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In addition, the mutual relationship between the HIV infection of a T lymphoid cell strain SupTl cell and a T lymphoid cell tropic human herpesvirus (HHV-6A (U1102 strain), HHV-7 (MRK, MSO strains)) has been studied. The
30 HHV-7 strain, which binds a receptor CD4 of cells, exhibits satisfactory growth in SupTl cells. However, infection could not been established for SupTl/HIV cells. In contrast, it has been recognized that HHV-6A strain infects SupTl cells
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HIV-persistent infection ( SupTl /HIV) and exhibits clear (Non-petent Document 6).
Non-Patent Document l:Yamanishi K. et al. , "Identification of human herpesvirus 6 as a causal agent for exanthemsubitum" , Lancet 1988; i: 1065-1067
Non-Patent Document 2: Tanaka K. et al., "Human herpesvirus 7: Another causal agent for roseola (exanthem subitum)", J. Pediatr., 1994; 125: 1-5
Patent Document 3: Tanaka K. et al., "Seroepidemiological study of human herpesvirus-6 and -7 in children of different ages and detection of these two viruses in throat swabs by polymerase chain reaction", Journal of Medical Virology, 1996; 48: 88-94
Non-Patent Document 4: Frankel N. et al., "Isolation of a new herpesvirus from human CD4+ T cells" , ProNAS USA, 87: 749-752, ProNAS USA, 87: 749-752, 1990
Non-Patent Document 5: John N. et al., Journal of Virology, Sep. 1996, 5975 to 5989
Non-Patent Document 6: Masao Yamada et al. , "HIV Jizokukansen SupTl Saibo heno HHV-6 oyobi -7 Choufukukannsen no Kokoromi (Attempt for HHV-6 and -7 Superinfection to HIV Persistent Infection Sup-Tl Cell)", Title No. 122, Titles and Abstracts of the 7th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for AIDS Research, 1993, Tokyo
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DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED BY THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a
5 recombinant viral vector for introducing a desired gene into lymphoid cells , particularly a recombinant human herpes viral vector prepared using a BAC (E. coil artificial chromosome) , and a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a viral vector. Another object of the present invention is to provide
10 a vector comprising a human herpes viral genomic gene and a BAC vector sequence, and a cell containing such a vector. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method f or producing a recombinant human herpesvirus . Even still another object of the present invention is to provide
15 a nucleic acid cassette comprising a fragment capable of homologous recombination with a herpesvirus genome, and a BAC vector sequence.
To achieve this, the present invention provides
20 recombinant HHV-7, and a production method thereof, e.g.,
a method for producing recombinant HHV-7 or HHV-6 from a
single virus strain using a BAC (£. coil artificial
chromosome).
25 An ideal HIV vaccine can provide complete and
long-lasting protection for all types of HIV. On the other hand, conventional inactivated HIV vaccines have advantages and disadvantages, some of which will be described below.
30 A method for producing a recombinant vaccine employs
common techniques. However, since it is difficult to maintain immunogenicity (since immunogenicity is low) , high antigenic load and frequent inoculation of an adjuvant are
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required. Safety is of the greatest concern. A subunit vaccine containing either a native or recombinant subunit may be safe. However, such a subunit vaccine is limited because of the selection of a subunit and the low
5 immunogenicity.
The present invention can realize an effect which cannot be obtained by conventional function of prevention and treatment before and after
10 HIV infection. This is achieved by the recombinant herpesvirus itself utilizing the same mechanism that HIV uses to bind to vaccines. This effect is a its target immune cell (CD4+ T cell).
Conventionally, it is difficult to produce a vaccine
15 for HIV. The reason will be described below. HIV is integrated with the infected cell. In addition, HIV attacks immune cells themselves which are usually activated by a vaccine. When HIV infects a cell, gpl20 binds to CD4. CD4 is a receptor present on the surface of an immune cell (T
20 cell) which HIV infects. CD4 can be said to be an entrance to the cell. The growth of HIV can be suppressed by HHV-7 binding to the CD4+ cell surface or HHV-6 entering the cell.
By utilizing the above-described principle, the
25 present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention of HIV infection, and a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of HIV infection.
MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS
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Therefore, the present invention provides the following.
5 1. A recombinant herpesvirus for gene transfer into lymphoid cells.
2. The recombinant herpesvirus of item 1, comprising BAC
vector sequence.
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3. The recombinant herpesvirus of item 2, wherein at least
part of the BAC vector sequence is inserted into a
non-essential region of a herpesvirus genome.
15 4, . The recombinant herpesvirus of item 3. wherein the non-essential region is selected from the group consisting of the following regions of HHV-7:
the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in
20 the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7,
25 the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15. the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the
30 ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region

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in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34,
5 the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region
10 in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55A, the region in the ORF of gene U55B, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF
15 of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the QRF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70,
20 the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75. the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in
25 the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene H7, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking
30 the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene H2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene H3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene H4 , the region flanking
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the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8, the region f lanking the ORF of gene U lO , the region flanking
5 the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking
10 the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking
15 the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26> the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking
20 the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4 2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking
25 the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking
30 the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the
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region flanking the ORF of gene U6 7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF
5 of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene H6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene
10 U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
15 5.The recombinant herpesvirus of item 4, wherein the non-essential region is the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, or the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a.
6. The recombinant herpesvirus of item '3 , wherein the
20 non-essential region is selected from the group consisting of the following regions of HHV-6A or HHV-6B: the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of gene DR1 > the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4,
25 the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHNl, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJl, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region
30 in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the

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region in the ORF of gene U9, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16,
5 the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene Ul9, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U22, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region
10 in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36. the region in the ORF
15 of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50,
20 the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region
25 in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF
30 of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U83, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region
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in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene U93, the region in the ORF of gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene U94,
5 the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96, the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the region
10 flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR8, the region flanking the ORF of gene LJ1, the region
15 flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U7, the region flanking the ORF
20 of gene U8 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U9 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene
25 U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene
30 U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking
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the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the
5 region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the
10 region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the
15 region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70,the
20 region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the
25 region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the
30 region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
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7. The recombinant herpesvirus of item 4, wherein the
non-essential region is the region flanking the ORF of gene
U5 of HHV-6, or the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 of
HHV-6.
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8. The recombinant herpesvirus of item 3, wherein the BAC
vector sequence comprises a recombinant protein dependent
recombinant sequence.
10 9. The recombinant herpesvirus of item 3, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises a selectable marker.
10. The recombinant herpesvirus of item 9, wherein the
selectable marker is drug selectable marker.
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11. The recombinant herpesvirus of item 3, wherein the
selectable marker is a gene encoding green fluorescent
protein.
20 12. The recombinant herpesvirus of item 3, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from a wild type strain.
13. The recombinant herpesvirus of item 3r wherein the
herpesvirus genome is derived from a mutant type strain.
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14. The recombinant herpesvirus of item 3, wherein the
herpesvirus genome is derived from HHV-7 KHR strain.
15. The recombinant herpesvirus of item 3, wherein the
30 herpesvirus genome is derived from HHV-6A U1102 strain or
HHV-6B HST strain.
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16. The recombinant herpesvirus of item 3, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.: 401.
5 17. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the virus of item 1. ...... .
18. The pharmaceutical composition of item 17, wherein the
composition is in the form of vaccine.
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19. A vector comprising a human herpesvirus essential gene
and a BAC vector sequence.
20. The vector of item 19, wherein a mammalian cell produces
15 a recombinant herpesvirus when the vector is introduced into
the mammalian cell...
21. The vector of item 20, wherein a portion where a sequence
derived from the herpesvirus genome is linked to the BAG
20 vector sequence is within a non-essential region of the herpesvirus genome.
22. The vector of item 21, wherein the non-essential region
is selected from the group consisting of the following regions
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the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene
30 H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of
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gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12# the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the
5 ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene4J18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the, ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25,
10 the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region
15 in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47. the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the\ region in the ORF
20 of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55A, the region in the ORF of gene U55B, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64,
25 the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region
30 in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the
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region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene H7, the region in the ORF of gene U9 5, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking
5 the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene H2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene H3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene H4 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3,
10 the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 , the region f lanking the ORF of gene UlO, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region
15 flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul-9," the; region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region
20 flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region
25 flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region
30 flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene
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U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking
5 the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking
10 the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking the
15 ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene H6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF
20 of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
23.The vector of item 22, wherein the non-essential region
is the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 4 of HHV-7, or the
25 region flanking the ORF of gene U24a of HHV-7.
24. The vector of item 21, wherein the non-essential region
is selected from the group consisting of the following regions
of HHV-6:
30 the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4, the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF
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of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJ1, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region
5 in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9, the region in the ORF of gene
10 U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region
15 in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U22, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF
20 of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U3 7, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44,
25 the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region
30 in the ORF of gene U58. the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65,
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the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF
5 of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene.USO, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U83, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88.
10 the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene U93, the region in the ORF of gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene U94, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96, the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the
15 region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene-DRHNl, the
20 region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR8, the region flanking the ORF of gene LJ1, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region
25 flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8, the region flanking the ORF of gene U9, the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF
30 of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region
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flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene
5 U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene
10 U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4 2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene
15 U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene
20 U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene
25 U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene
30 U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking
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the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the
5 region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
25. The vector of item 24, wherein the non-essential region
10 is the region flanking the ORF of gene U5 of HHV-6, or the
region flanking the ORF of gene U8 of HHV-6.
26. The vector of item 19, wherein the BAC vector sequence
comprises a recombinant protein dependent recombinant
15 sequence.
27. The vector of item 21, wherein the BAC vector sequence
comprises a selectable marker.
20 28. The vector of item 27, wherein the selectable marker is a drug selectable marker.
29. The vector of item 27, wherein the selectable marker
is a gene encoding green fluorescent protein.
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30. The vector of item 21, wherein the herpesvirus genome
is derived from a wild type strain.
31. The vector of item 21, wherein the herpesvirus genome
30 is derived from a mutant type strain.
32. The vector of item 21, wherein the herpesvirus genome
is derived from HHV-7 KHR strain.
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33. The vector of item 21, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from HHV-6A U1102 strain or HHV-6B HST strain.
5 34. The vector of item 21, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.: 401.
35. A cell comprising the vector of item 21.
10 36. The cell of item 35, wherein the cell is a bacterial cell.
37. The bacterial cell of item 36, wherein the bacterial
cell is E. coll.
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38. The cell of item 35, wherein the cell is a mammalian
cell.
39. The mammalian cell of item 38, wherein the mammalian 20 cell is derived from human.
40. A virus produced by the mammalian cell of item 38.
41. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the virus of 25 item 40.
42. The pharmaceutical composition of item 41, wherein the
composition is in the form of vaccine.
30 43. A method to produce a recombinant herpesvirus, comprising:
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introducing a vector comprising a herpesvirus genome essential gene and BAC vector sequence into a mammalian host cell; and
culturing the mammalian host cell to produce a
5 recombinant herpesvirus.
44. The method of item 43, wherein the mammalian host cell is derived from human.
10 45. The method of item 43, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises at least two recombinant protein dependent recombinant sequences.
46. The method of item 45, further comprising a step of
15 recombination between the two recombinant protein dependent
recombinant sequences.
47. The method of item 43, wherein a portion where a sequence
derived from the herpesvirus genome is linked to the BAG
20 vector sequence is within a non-essential region of the herpesvirus genome.
48. The method of item 47, wherein the non-essential region
is selected from the group consisting of the following regions
25 of HHV-7:
the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene
30 H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of
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gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17r the region in the
5 ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25,
10 the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region
15 in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the rORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF
20 of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55A, the region in the ORF of gene U55B, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64,
25 the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region
30 in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the


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region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene H7, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the .region flanking
5 the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene H2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene H3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene H4 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3,
10 the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U10 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region
15 flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of.gene U19,,, the region flanking the ORF of gene,. U20> the region
20 flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region
25 flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region
30 flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking
31 the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene
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U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the region, flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking
5 the ORF of, gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the .region flanking the ORF of gene U62,. the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking
10 the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking the
15 ORF of gene U79, The region flanking the ORF of gene H6,
the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking
the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene
. U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region
flanking the, ORF of gene U91, the region,flanking.the ORF
20 of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
49. The method of item 48, wherein the non-essential region
is the region flanking the ORF of gene U24 of HHV-7, or the
25 region flanking the ORF of gene U24a of HHV-7.
50. The method of item 47, wherein the non-essential region
is selected from the group consisting of the following regions
of HHV-6:
30 the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of gene DRl, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4, the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF

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of gene DR6 , the region in the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJ1, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region
5 in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4 , the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9, the region in the ORF of gene
10 U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region
15 in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U22, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF 6f gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF
20 of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44,
25 the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U4 7, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region
30 in the ORF of gene U58. the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65,

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the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF
5 of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region in the ORF of gene U7 9, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U83, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88,
10 the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene U93, the region in the ORF of gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene U94, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96, the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the
15 region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the;region flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene I>RHN1, the
20 region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR8, the region flanking the ORF of gene LJ1, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3 , the region
25 flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8, the region flanking the ORF of gene U9 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF
30 of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region
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flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene
5 U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the" region
flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF ' of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene
10 U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene
15 U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF,of gene
20 U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene
25 U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene
30 U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 3, the region flanking


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the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the
5 region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF: of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
51. The method of item 50, wherein the non-essential region
10 is the region flanking the ORF of gene U5 of HHV-6, or the
region flanking the ORF of gene U8 of HHV-6.
52. The method of item 43, wherein the BAC vector sequence
comprises a recombinant protein dependent recombinant
15 sequence.
53. The method of item 43, wherein the BAC vector sequence
comprises a selectable marker.
20 54. The method of item 53, wherein the selectable marker is a drug selectable marker.
55. The method of item 53, wherein the selectable marker
is a gene encoding green fluorescent protein.
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56. The method of item 37, wherein the herpesvirus genome
is derived from a wild type strain.
57. The method of item 37, wherein the herpesvirus genome
30 is derived from a mutant type strain.
58. The method of item 43, wherein the herpesvirus genome
is derived from HHV-7 KHR strain.



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5 60. The method of item 43, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.: 401.
61. A virus produced by the method of item 43.
10 62. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the virus of item 61.
63. The pharmaceutical composition of item 62, wherein the
composition is in the form of vaccine.
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64. A method to introduce a mutation into the vector of item
19, comprising:
introducing the vector into a bacterial host cell; introducing a plasmid vector comprising a fragment 20 consisting of a portion of herpesvirus genome into the bacterial host cell, wherein the fragment has at least one mutation;
culturing the bacterial host cell;
isolating a vector having BAC sequence from the cultured 25 bacterial host cell.
65. A method to introduce a mutation into the vector of item
19, comprising:
introducing the vector into a bacterial host cell; 30 introducing a first plastid vector comprising a first fragment consisting of a portion of herpesvirus genome into the bacterial host cell, wherein the first fragment has at least one mutation;
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introducing a second plasmid vector comprising a second
fragment consisting of a portion of herpesvirus genome into
the bacterial host cell, wherein the second fragment has
at least one mutation, and the first fragment is different
5 from the second fragment;
culturing the bacterial host cell;
isolating a vector having BAC sequence from the cultured bacterial host cell.
10 66 . A nucleic acid cassette comprising a first fragment which can recombine with herpesvirus genome in a bacterial cell, BAC vector sequence, and a second fragment which can recombine with herpesvirus genome in a bacterial cell,
wherein the both ends of the BAC sequence are linked
15 to the first and the second fragment, respectively.
67. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment are at least lkb.
20 68. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment are at least 1.5kb.
69. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the first
fragment and the second fragment are at least 2kb.
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70. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the first
fragment and the second fragment are at least 80% identical
with a herpesvirus genome sequence.
30 71. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment are at least 85% identical with a herpesvirus genome sequence.
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72. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment are at least 90% identical with a herpesvirus genome sequence.
5 73. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment are at least 95% identical with a herpesvirus genome sequence.
74. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein each of
10 the first fragment and the second fragment are independently-selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-7 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in
15 the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5'/7,
20 the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the
25 ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U2 3, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25,
30 the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF


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of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region
5 in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55A, the region in the ORF of gene U55B, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF
10 of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70,
15 the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the ,region: in
20 the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene H7, the region in the ORF of gene U9 5, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, the region flanking
25 the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene H2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene H3, the region flanking the ORF of gene H4 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3,
30 the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 , the region f lanking the ORF of gene UlO , the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene


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U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking
5 the ORF of gene U18. the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking
10 the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking
15 the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45,the region flanking the ■'ORF of gene U46, the region flanking
20 the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking
25 the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking
30 the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the

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region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene H6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene
5 U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
10 75. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment is independently at least 80% identical with the region selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-7 genome:
15 the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DRl, the region in the ORF of gene DR2; the region in the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF
20 of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the
25 region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the
30 ORF of gene U23 , the region in the ORF of gene U24 , the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region
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in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34 , the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42,
5 the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region
10 in the ORF of gene U55A. the region in the ORF of gene U55B, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF
15 of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68„ the region in the ORF of gene U69. the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76. the region in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79,
20 the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene H7# the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the
25 ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene H2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene
30 H3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene H4 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene
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U8 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U10 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF
5 of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF
10 of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF
15 of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40> the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF
20 of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4 6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF
25 of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF
30 of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region
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flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene H6,
5 the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking ■ the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and
10 the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
76. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment is independently at least 85% identical with the region selected from the
15 group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-7 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene ;|)R6, ::rhe:
20 region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of
25 gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the
30 region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25,

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the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene Q28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF
5 of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene"U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42/ the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U4 7, the region in the ORF of gene U4 9,
10 the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55A, the region in the ORF of gene U55B, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region
15 in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70; the region- in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF
20 of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the
25 region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene H7, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene
30 H2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene H3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene H4 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3,
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the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 , the region f lanking the ORF of geneUlO , the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene
5 U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene
10 U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene
15 U26, the, region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene
20 U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene
25 U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking, the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene
30 U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking



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the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the
5 region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene H6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region 10 flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
77. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein each of
15 the first fragment and the second fragment is independently at least 90% identical with the region selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-7 genome: the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of
20 gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region
25 in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene
30 U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the


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ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region
5 in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF
10 of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55A, the region in the ORF of gene U55B,
15 the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59; the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region
20 in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U7 5, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region in the ORF of
25 gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene H7, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the
30 region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene H2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene
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H3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene H4 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene
5 U8, the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the
10 region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the
15 region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the
20 region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the
25 region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the
30 region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF
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of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U6 7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region
5 flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene H6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking
10 the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95r and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
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78. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment is independently at least 95% identical with the region selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus
20 HHV-7 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6 , the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene
25 H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in
30 the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the
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region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U2 5, 5 the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U3 4, the region in the ORF of gene U3
5, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region
10 in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U4 4, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U4 7, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U5 0, the region in the ORF
15 of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55A, the region in the ORF of gene U55B, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64,
20 the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region
25 in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene
30 H7, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene
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H2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene H3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene H4 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3,
5 the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U10 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region
10 flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region
15 flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region
20 flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3 5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region
25 flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region
30 flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene
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U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking
5 the ORF of gene U68. the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U7 5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U7 6, the region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking the
10 ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene H6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF
15 of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
79. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment are independently
20 selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-6 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of gene DRl, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4,
25 the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHNl, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJ1, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region
30 in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the

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region in the ORF of gene U9, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16;
5 the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF-of gene U18# the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U2 2, the region in the ORF of gene U2 3, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region
10 in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF
15 of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the.xegion in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50i
20 the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region
25 in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF
30 of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U83, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region
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in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene U93, the region in the ORF of gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene U94,
5 the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96, the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the region
10 flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR8, the region flanking the ORF of gene LJl, the region
15 flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U7, the region flanking the ORF
20 of gene U8 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U9 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene
25 U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene
30 U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking

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the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the
5 region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the
10 region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the
15 region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the
20 region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the
25 region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the
30 region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
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80. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment is independently at least 80% identical with the region selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus
5 HHV-6 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4, the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF
10 of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region in the ORF of gene DR7 , the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJl, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3,
15 the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the
20 ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21,
25 the region in the ORF of gene U22, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region
30 in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U4 2, the region in the ORF of gene U44,
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the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF
5 of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65,
10 the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region
15 in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U83, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88, the region in the ORF of gene U91, thec,region in the ORF
20 of gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene U93, the region in the ORF of gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene U94, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96, the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, the region flanking
25 the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking
30 the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR8, the region flanking the ORF of gene LJ1, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region
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flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U9 , the region
5 flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region
10 flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region
15 flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U"34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region
20 flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4 5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region
25 flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region
30 flanking the ORF of gene U59 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene
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U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking
5 the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking
10 the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking
15 the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
81. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment is independently
20 at least 85% identical with the region selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-6 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region
25 in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4, the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHNl, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF
30 of gene LJ1, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in
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the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9 , the region in the ORF of gene UIO, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region
5 in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U22, the region in the ORF
10 of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35,
15 the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region
20 in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF
25 of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71,
30 the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF

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of gene U83, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene U93, the region
5 in the ORF of gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene U94, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96, the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene
10 DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene
15 DR8; the region flanking the ORF of gene LJ1, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U6, the region
20 flanking the ORF of gene U7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8, the region flanking the ORF of gene U9 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U10. the region flanking the ORF of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking
25 the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking
30 the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the

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region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF
5 of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of-gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF
10 of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF
15 of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF
20 of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF
25 of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF
30 of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
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82. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment is independently at least 90% identical with the region selected from the
5 group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-6 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of gene DRl, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4,
10 the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJ1, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region
15 in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9 , the region in the ORF of gene
20 U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region
25 in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U22, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF
30 of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region
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in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, 5 the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region in the ORF of gene U58# the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region
10 in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF
15 of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78,;the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U83, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88,
20 the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene U93, the region in the ORF of gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene U94, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96, the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the
25 region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN1, the
30 region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR8, the region flanking the ORF of gene LJ1, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF
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of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U7, the region flanking the ORF
5 of gene U8 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U9, the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene
10 U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene
15 U23, the region -flanking the ORF of gene U24v the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene
20 U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene
25 U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene
30 U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking



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the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the
5 region, flanking the ORF of gene U71, the. region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the
10 region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the
15 region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region :flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
83. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein each of 20 the first fragment and the second fragment is independently at least 95% identical with the region selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-6 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF 25 of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4, the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, 30 the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJ1, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of
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gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the
5 ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region , in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16; the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21,
10 the region in the ORF of gene U22, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region
15 in the ORF of gene 1134. the region in the ORF of gene U35/■:<. the region in orf of gene u36 u37 u40 u42 u44 u45 qrf> 20 of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59,
25 the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region
30 in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene U80,
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the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U83, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF
5 of gene U92, the .region in the ORF of gene U93, the region in the ORF of. gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene, Justin the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96, the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking
10 the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4. the region flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking
15 the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene : DR8, the; region flanking the ORF of gene LJ1,; the regions flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene y 3,: the region \ flanking the ORF of.gene U4, the region flanking thereof
20 of gene U5 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8, the region flanking the ORF of gene U9 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the
25 region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the
30 region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF
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of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the; region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the, region
5 flanking the ORF OF gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4Q> the region flanking the ORF of gene U4 2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region
10 flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region
15 flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF
of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the;.,:.;. region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of; gene U64„.the region flanking the ORF of gene. U65. the region:-flanking the ORF of gene U67 > the region
20 flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region
25 flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region
30 flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene
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84. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the first
fragment and the second fragment are derived from different
5 regions.
85. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein each of
the first fragment and the second fragment are independently
from the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 4 of HHV-7, or
10 the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a of HHV-7.
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86. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment are independently from the region flanking the ORF of gene U5 of HHV-6, or the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 of HHV-6.
87. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises a recombinant protein dependent recombinant sequence.
88. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the BAG vector sequence comprises a selectable marker.
89. The nucleic acid cassette of item 88, wherein the
25 selectable marker is drug selectable marker.
90. The nucleic acid cassette of item 88, wherein the
selectable marker is a gene encoding green fluorescent
protein.
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91. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the
herpesvirus genome is derived from a wild type strain.
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92. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the
herpesvirus genome is derived from a mutant type strain.
93. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the
5 herpesvirus genome is derived from HHV-7 KHR strain.
94. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the
herpesvirus genome is derived from HHV-6A U1102 strain or
HHV-6B HST strain.
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95. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, wherein the BAC
vector sequence comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID
NO.: 401.
15 96. The nucleic acid cassette of item 66, having a nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.: 1.
97 . A pharmaceutical composition for prevention, treatment, or prognosis of HIV, comprising the recombinant herpesvirus
20 of item 4.
98. A pharmaceutical composition for prevention of HIV, comprising the recombinant herpesvirus of item 4.
25 99 . A pharmaceutical composition for prevention, treatment, or prognosis of HIV, comprising the recombinant herpesvirus of item 6.
100. A pharmaceutical composition for prevention of HIV, 30 comprising the recombinant herpesvirus of item 6.
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THE EFFECT OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a recombinant herpesvirus , and a production method thereof . For example,
5 the present invention provides a method for producing a recombinant herpesvirus from a single viral strain using: a BAC (£. coli artificial chromosome), and a recombinant herpesvirus produced by the method. Further, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising
10 a recombinant herpesvirus.
Further, the present invention provides a vector comprising a herpes viral genomic gene and a BAC vector sequence, and a cell containing such a vector, and a nucleic
15 acid cassette comprising a fragment capable of homologous recombination with a herpesvirus genome, and a BAC vector sequence.
Further. HHV-7 is known to have no adverse effect
20 on healthy persons. Therefore, it is possible to select a protein, which is known to function as a vaccine, among various viral proteins, and incorporate it into recombinant HHV-7 in a manner such that the protein can be expressed. Thereby, a virus vaccine can be produced.
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Further, a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention, treatment, and/or prognosis of HIV infection is provided, which comprises the recombinant HHV-7 andHHV-6 of the present invention.




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BRIEF DESCRIPTION -e- - OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is.a schematic diagram showing the insertion 5 of a BAC vector into the HHV-7 genome.
Figure 2 shows the expression of GFP introduced into host cells using the recombinant HHV-7 of the present invention.
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DESCRIPTION OF SEQUENCE LISTING
SEQ ID NO.: 1, JI strain genome sequence
SEQ ID NO.: 2, HI 5' ^3' direction 33 to 542 15 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-170
SEQ ID NO.: 3, DR2 5'-»3' direction 898 to 2100
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-401
SEQ ID NO.: 4, H2 5'-*3' direction 2267 to 2506
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-8Q 20 SEQ ID NO.: 5, DR6 5'-*3 ' direction 2562 to 3050
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-163
SEQ ID NO.: 6, DR7 5' ->3' direction 3122 to 3910
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-263
SEQ ID NO.: 7, U10 5 '-»3 ' direction 14608 to 15963 25 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-452
SEQ ID NO.: 8, U12 5'-»3' direction 18396 to 19436
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-347
30 SEQ ID NO.: 9. U13 5'-*3' direction 19521 to 19817
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-99 30 SEQ ID NO.: 10, U14 5'-*3' direction 19885 to 21831
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-649
SEQ ID NO.: 11, U17a 5'->3' direction 24318 to 24587
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-90
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SEQ ID NO.: 12, U30 5'-»3' direction 37362 to 40178
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-939
SEQ ID NO.: 13, U31 5'-*3' direction 40179 to 46358
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-2060
5 SEQ ID NO.: 14, U36 5'-»3' direction 49118 to 50575
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-486
SEQ ID NO.: 15, U37 5' ->3' direction 50577 to 51356
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-260
SEQ ID NO.: 16, U44 5' -*3' direction 67143 to 67754 10 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-204
SEQ ID NO.: 17, U46 5'-*3 ' direction 68930 to 69190
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-87
SEQ ID NO.: 18, U49 5' -*3' direction 73003 to 73722
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-240
15 SEQ ID NO.: 19, U51 5'-*3' direction 75304 to 76188
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-295
SEQ ID NO.: 20, U53 5' -»3' direction 76957 to 78495
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-513
SEQ ID NO.: 21, U58 5' -»3' direction 87563 to 89890 20 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-776
SEQ ID NO.: 22, U62 5'-»3' direction 92017 to 92244
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-76
25 SEQ ID NO.: 23, U64 5'-*3' direction 92829 to 94148
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-440 25 SEQ ID NO.: 24, U67 5'-*3' direction 95984 to 97024
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-347
SEQ ID NO.: 25, U69 5'-»3' direction 97371 to 99011
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-547
SEQ ID NO.: 26, U70 5'-*3' direction 99013 to 100455 30 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-481
SEQIDNO.: 27,U73 5 ' -*3 ' direction 101693 to 104056 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-788
SEQIDNO.: 28,U77 5 ' -*3 ' direction 108435 to 110897 amino
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acid sequence of amino acids 1-821
SEQIDNO.: 29, H5 5 ' -»3 ' direction 112811 to 113311 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-167
SEQIDNO.: 30.U79 5 ' ^>3 ' direction 113502 to 114203 amino 5 acid sequence of amino acids 1-234
SEQIDNO.: 31, H6 5 ' -*3 ' direction 114257 to 114505 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-83
SEQIDNO.: 32,U80 5 ' -*3 ' direction 114557 to 115189 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-211 10 SEQIDNO.: 33,U91 5 ' -»3 ' direction 129122 to 129625 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-168
SEQIDNO.: 34 , H7 5 ' -»3 ' direction 130829 to 132112 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-428
SEQIDNO.: 35.U95 5 ' -»3 ' direction 133382 to 136204 amino 15 acid sequence of amino acids 1-941
SEQIDNO.: 36,HI' 5 '-*3 ' direction 139080 to 139589 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-170
SEQ ID NO.: 37, DR2' 5'-*3' direction 139945 to 141147
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-401
20 SEQIDNO.: 38, H2 ' 5 '-*3 ' direction 141314 to 141553 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-80
SEQ ID NO.: 39, DR6' 5'-»3' direction 141609 to 142097
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-163
SEQ ID NO.: 40, DR7' 5 ' ~^3' direction 142169 to 142957
25 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-263
SEQ ID NO.: 41, DR1 5'->3' direction 368 to 826
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-153
SEQIDNO.: 42,DR1 5 ' -»3 ' direction 368 to 826 amino 30 acid sequence of amino acids 1-153
SEQ ID NO.: 43, U50 5' -»3' direction 73538 to 75202
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
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SEQ ID NO.: 44, U50 5'->3 ' direction 73538 to 75202
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-555
SEQ ID NO.: 45, U59 5'-»3' direction 89838 to 90881
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
5 acids 1-348
SEQ ID NO.: 46, U59 5' -»3' direction 89838 to 90881
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-348
SEQ ID NO.: 47, U63 5'->3' direction 92216 to 92851
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino 10 acids 1-212
SEQ ID NO.: 48. U63 5' -*3' direction 92216 to 92851
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-212
SEQ ID NO.: 49, U65 5' -»3' direction 94111 to 95103
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino 15 acids 1-331
SEQ ID NO.: 50, U65 5'-*3' direction 94111 to 95103
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-331
SEQ ID NO.: 51. U68 5'-»3' direction 97024 to 97368
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino 20 acids 1-115
SEQ ID NO.: 52, U68 5'-»3' direction 97024 to 97368
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-115
SEQ ID NO.: 53, U71 5'-»3' direction 100392 to 100613
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino 25 acids 1-74
SEQIDNO.: 54.U71 5 '-»3 ' direction 100392 to 100613 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-74
SEQ ID NO.: 55, U74 5'->3' direction 104007 to 105986
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino 30 acids 1-660
SEQIDNO.: 56,U74 5 ' ->3 ' direction 104007 to 105986 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-660
SEQ ID NO.: 57, DR1' 5'-*3' direction 139415 to 139873
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nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-153
SEQ ID NO.: 58, DR1' 5' ->3' direction 139415 to 139873
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-153
5 SEQ ID NO. : 59, genome sequence of strain JI (complementary
strand) , ,■ -,.
SEQ ID NO.: 60, H3 3' -»5' direction 3976 to 4224
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-83
SEQ ID NO.: 61, H4 3'-»5' direction 4449 to 4745
10 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-99
SEQ ID NO.: 62, U2 3'-»5' direction 6338 to 7417
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-360
SEQ ID NO.: 63, U3 3'-*5' direction 7578 to 8732
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-385
15 SEQ ID NO.: 64. U4 3' -*5' direction 8754 to 10382 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-543 u
SEQ ID NO.: 65. U5/7 3'-*5' direction 10407 to 13004
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-866
SEQ ID NO.: 66, U8 3'-»5' direction 13174 to 14262
20 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-363
SEQ ID NO.: 67, All 3'-*5' direction 15982 to 18249
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-756
SEQ ID NO.: 68, U15 3' -»5' direction 22244 to 22564
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-107
25 SEQ ID NO.: 69, U17 3'-*5' direction 23570 to 23836
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-89
SEQ ID NO.: 70, U18 3'-*5' direction 24713 to 25600
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-296
SEQ ID NO.: 71, U19 3' -»5' direction 25945 to 26922
30 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-326
SEQ ID NO.: 72, U21 3'-»5' direction 28202 to 29494
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-431
SEQ ID NO.: 73, U23 3'-»5' direction 29903 to 30418
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amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-172
SEQ ID NO.: 74, U24 3'-^-5' direction 30524 to 30772
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-83
SEQ ID NO.: 75, U25 3' -»5' direction 30936 to 31898 5 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-321
SEQ ID NO.: 76, U27 3' -»5' direction 3.2857 to 33951
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-365
SEQ ID NO.: 77, U28 3' -*5' direction 34064 to 36484
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-807
10 SEQ ID NO.: 78, U29 3'-*5' direction 36487 to 37347
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-287
SEQ ID NO.: 79, U32 3 '-*5 ' direction 46355 to 46627
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-91
SEQ ID NO.: 80, U34 3' -*5' direction 47992 to 48768 15 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-259
SEQ ID NO.: 81, U35 3'-»5' direction 48805 to 49119
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-105
SEQ ID NO.: 82, U38 3'-*5' direction 51363 to 54401
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-1©13
20 SEQ ID NO.: 83, U40 3'-*5' direction 56832 to 58997
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-722
SEQ ID NO.: 84, U41 3'-*5' direction 59000 to 62395
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-1132
SEQ ID NO.: 85, U42 3'-»5' direction 62772 to 64352 25 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-527
SEQ ID NO.: 86, U43 3'-*5' direction 64501 to 67086
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-862
SEQ ID NO.: 87, U45 3'-»5' direction 67759 to 68898
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-380
30 SEQ ID NO.: 88, U47 3'-*5' direction 69638 to 70579
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-314
SEQ ID NO.: 89, U48 3'-*5' direction 70817 to 72889
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-691
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SEQ ID NO.: 90, U52 3'-»5' direction 76185 to 76949
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-255
SEQ ID NO.: 91, U54 3' -*5 * direction 78503 to 79870
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-456
5. SEQ ID NO.: 92, U55A 3' -*5' direction 79918 to 81201
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-428 .
SEQ ID NO.: 93, U55B 3' -*5' direction 81285 to 82577
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-431
SEQ ID NO.: 94, U56 3'-»5' direction 82630 to 83511 10 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-294
SEQ ID NO.: 95, U57 3'-»5' direction 83514 to 87551
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-134 6
SEQIDNO.: 96,1172 3 ' ^5 ' direction 100636 to 101676 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-347
15 SEQIDNO.: 97,U76 3 ' -^>5 ' direction 106667 to 108589 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-641 >
SEQIDNO.: 98,U81 3 ' ^5 ' direction 115184 to 115948 amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-255
SEQIDNO.: 99 . U82 3 '->5 ' direction 116038 to 116778 amino 20 acid sequence of amino acids 1-247
SEQ ID NO.: 100, U84 3'->5' direction 117111 to 118043
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-311
SEQ ID NO.: 101, U85 3'-»5' direction 118071 to 118913
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-281
25 SEQ ID NO.: 102, U86 3'-*5' direction 119091 to 122708
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-1206
SEQ ID NO.: 103, U89 3'-*5' direction 125420 to 128668
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-1083
SEQ ID NO.: 104, U90 3'-*5' direction 128776 to 129051 30 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-92
SEQ ID NO.: 105, H8 3'-»5' direction 136307 to 136579
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-91
SEQ ID NO.: 106, U99 3'-*5' direction 138375 to 138692
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amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-106
SEQ ID NO.: 107, U100 3'-*5' direction 138751 to 138999
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-83
SEQ ID NO.: 108, H3' 3'-*5' direction 143023 to 143271 5 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-83
SEQ ID NO.: 109, H4' 3'-»5' direction 143496 to 143792
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-99
SEQIDNO.: 110,U17Ex 3 ' -*5 ' direction 22772 to 23547and
236 20 to 23836 nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid 10 sequence of amino acids 1-331
SEQIDNO.: lll,U17Ex 3 ' -»5 ' direction 22772 to 23547and
23620 to 23836 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-331
SEQ ID NO.: 112, U60-U66 3'-»5' direction 90878 to
92005and 95122 to 95985 nucleic acid sequence encoding amino 15 acid sequence of amino acids 1-664
SEQ ID NO. : 113, U60-U66 3'-»5' direction 90878 to
92005and 95122 to 95985 amino acid sequence of amino acids
1-664
SEQ ID NO.: 114, U20 3*-*5" direction 27036 to 28211
20 nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-392
SEQ ID NO.: 115, U20 3' -*5' direction 27036 to 28211
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-392
SEQ ID NO.: 116, U24a 3' -*5' direction 30776 to 31129 25 nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-118
SEQ ID NO.: 117, U24a 3'->5' direction 30776 to 31129
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-118
SEQ ID NO.: 118. U26 3'->5 ' direction 31988 to 32869
30 nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-294
SEQ ID NO.: 119, U26 3'-*5' direction 31988 to 32869
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-294
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SEQ ID NO.: 120, U33 3'->5' direction 46608 to 48041
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-478
SEQ ID NO.: 121, U33 3'-»5' direction 46608 to 48041 5 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-478
SEQ ID NO.: 122, U39 3'-*5' direction 54401 to 56869
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-823
SEQ ID NO.: 123, U39 3 '-»5 ' direction 54401 to 56869 10 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-823
SEQ ID NO.: 124, U75 3'-»5' direction 105973 to 106743
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-257
SEQ ID NO.: 125, U75 3'-»5' direction 105973 to 106743 15 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-257
SEQ ID NO.: 126, U98 3'-»5' direction 137945 to 138451
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-169
SEQ ID NO.: 127, U98 3*^-5' direction 137945 to 138451 20 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-169
SEQ ID NO.: 128, genome sequence of strain U1102
SEQ ID NO.: 129, DR1, 5' -»3' direction, 501 to 794, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-98
SEQ ID NO.: 130, DR4, 5'-»3' direction, 2746 to 3048, amino 25 acid sequence of amino acids 1-101
SEQ ID NO.: 131, DR6, 5 '->3' direction, 4725 to 5036, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-104
SEQ ID NO.: 132, DR7, 5'-»3' direction, 5629 to 6720, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-364
30 SEQ ID NO.: 133, DR8, 5 '-*3 ' direction, 7237 to 7569, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-111
SEQ ID NO.: 134, Ul, 5' ^3' direction, 8245 to 8616, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-124
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SEQ ID NO. : 135, U6, 5 ' ^3 ' direction, 14619 to 14867, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-83
SEQ ID NO. : 136, U10 , 5 '->3 ' direction, 17604 to 18914, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-437
5. SEQ ID NO.: 137 , U12 , 5 ' -»3 ' direction, 21856 to 22812 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-319 :,;,;:
SEQ ID NO. : 138, U13, 5'-*3' direction, 22898 to 23218, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-107
SEQ ID NO. : 139, U14, 5'-»3' direction, 23316 to 25145, amino 10 acid sequence of amino acids 1-610
SEQ ID NO. : 140, U30, 5 '—3 ' direction, 41884 to 45132, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-1083
SEQ ID NO. : 141, U31, 5 ' ->3 ' direction, 45150 to 51383, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-2078
15 SEQ ID NO. : 142. U36 . 5 '-»3 ' direction, 54252 to 55706, amino
acid, sequence of amino acids 1-485
SEQ ID NO.: 143, U37, 5'-»3' direction, 55:710 to 56504, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-265
SEQ; ID NO.: 144, U44, 5*-^3' direction, .7.3^4 6.to 74087 , amino 20 acid sequence of amino acids 1-214
SEQ ID NO. : 145, U46 , 5 ' -»3 ' direction, 75291 to 75545, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-85
SEQ ID NO. : 146, U49, 5 * -»3' direction, 80277 to 81035, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-253
25 SEQIDNO.: 147 , U51, 5 ' -»3 ' direction, 82574 to 83479 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-302
SEQ ID NO. : 148, U53, 5 ' -»3 ' direction, 84281 to 85867 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-529
SEQ ID NO. : 149, U58, 5'-»3' direction. 93924 to 96242, amino 30 acid sequence of amino acids 1-773
SEQ ID NO. : 150, U62, 5'-*3' direction, 98427 to 98684, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-86
SEQ IDNO. : 151. U64 , 5'-* 3 ' direction, 99260 to 100588, amino
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acid sequence of amino acids 1-443
SEQ ID NO.: 152, U67, 5'-»3' direction, 102458 to 103519,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-354
SEQ ID NO.: 153, U69, 5'-*3' direction, 103866 to 105554,
5 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-563
SEQ ID NO.: 154. U70, 5'-*3' direction, 10556-2 to 107028,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-489
SEQ ID NO.: 155, U73, 5 '-*3 ' direction, 108325 to 110667,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-781
10 SEQ ID NO.: 156, U77, 5'-*3' direction, 115100 to 117574,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-825
SEQ ID NO.: 157, U79, 5*-»3' direction, 120164 to 121198,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-345
SEQ ID NO.: 158, U83, 5 '->3 ' direction, 123528 to 123821, 15 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-98
SEQ ID NO.: 159, U88. 5'-*3' direction, 131034 to 132275;
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-414
SEQ ID NO.: 160, putative protein U90, 5'-*3'direction,
136266 to 136481, amino acid sequence of; amino acids 1-72
20 SEQ ID NO.: 161, U91, 5'-*3' direction, 136485 to 136829,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-115
SEQ ID NO.: 162, U95, 5' -»3' direction, 142941 to 146306,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-1122
SEQ ID NO.: 163, DR1, 5 ' -*3 ' direction, 151734 to 152027, 25 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-98
SEQ ID NO.: 164, DR4, 5'-*3' direction, 153979 to 154281,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-101
SEQ ID NO.: 165, DR6, 5'-»3' direction, 155958 to 156269,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-104
30 SEQ ID NO.: 166, DR7, 5' -*3 ' direction, 156862 to 157953,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-364
SEQ ID NO.: 167, DR8, 5'-*3' direction, 158470 to 158802,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-111
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SEQ ID NO. : 168, DR2 , 5 '-^3 ' direction, 791 to 2653, nucleic
acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino acids
1-621
SEQ ID NO.: 169, DR2, 5'-*3' direction, 791 to 2653, amino
5 acid sequence of amino acids 1-621
SEQ ID NO.: 170, U12 exon 1-2, 5'-*3' direction, 21680 to
2l710and 21800 to 22812 , nucleci acid sequence encoding amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-348
SEQ ID NO.: 171, U12 exon 1-2, 5 '-*3 ' direction, 21680 to 10 21710and 21800 to 22812, amino acid sequence of amino acids
1-348
SEQ ID NO.: 172, U50, 5'-^3' direction, 80812 to 82479,
nucleci acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-556
15 SEQ ID NO. : 173, U50, 5'-^3' direction, 80812 to 82479, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-556
SEQ ID NO.: 174. U59, 5'-*3' direction, 96239 to 97291.
nucleci acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-351
20 SEQ ID NO.: 175 . U59 , 5 ' -»3 ' direction, 96239 to 97291, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-351
SEQ ID NO.: 176, U63, 5'-*3' direction, 98632 to 99282,
nucleci acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-217
25 SEQ ID NO.: 177 , U63 , 5 ' ->3 ' direction, 98632 to 99282 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-217
SEQ ID NO.: 178, U65. 5'-^3' direction, 100545 to 101552,
nucleci acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-336
30 SEQ ID NO.: 179, U65, 5'-*3' direction, 100545 to 101552.
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-336
SEQ ID NO.: 180, U68, 5'->3' direction, 103519 to 103863,
nucleci acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
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SEQ ID NO.: 181, U68, 5'->3' direction, 103519 to 103863,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-115
SEQ ID NO.: 182, U71, 5 ' -*3* direction, 106965 to 107198, 5 nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-78
SEQ ID NO.: 183, U71, 5' -»3' direction, 106965 to 107198,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-78
SEQ ID NO.: 184, U74, 5' -*3' direction, 110636 to 112624, 10 nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-663
SEQ ID NO.: 185, U74, 5'-»3' direction, 110636 to 112624,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-663
SEQ ID NO.: 186, U80, 5' -»3' direction, 121170 to 121766, 15 nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-199
SEQ ID NO.: 187, U80, 5'-*3' direction. 121170 to 121766,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-199
SEQ ID NO.: 188, DR2' , 5'-*3' direction, 152024 to 153886, 20 nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-621
SEQ ID NO. : 189. DR2' , 5'-*3' direction, 152024 to 153886,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-621
SEQ ID NO.: 190. genome sequence of strain U1102 25 (complementary strand)
SEQ ID NO.: 191, DR5, 3'-»5' direction, 154967 to 155404,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-146
SEQ ID NO.: 192, DR3, 3'->5' direction, 153634 to 154212,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-193
30 SEQ ID NO.: 193, RJ1, 3'-»-5' direction, 151140 to 151571,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-144
SEQ ID NO.: 194, U100, 3'-»5' direction, 149868 to 150437,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-190
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SEQ ID NO.: 195, U99, 3'-*5' direction, 149485 to 149766 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-94
SEQ ID NO.: 196. U98, 3'-*5' direction, 148741 to 149391 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-217
5 SEQ ID NO.: 197, U97, 3'-»5' direction; • 147808 to 148077 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-90
SEQ ID NO.: 198, U96, 3'-»5' direction, 146641 to 146940 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-100 SEQ ID NO.: 199, U94, 3'-*5' direction, 141394 to 142866
10 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-491
SEQ ID NO.: 200, U93, 3' -»5' direction. 138531 to 139124 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-198
SEQ ID NO.: 201, U92, 3' ^5' direction, 138049 to 138492 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-148
15 SEQ ID NO.: 202, U90, 3'-*5' direction, 135664 to 135948 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-95
SEQ ID NO.: 203, U89, 3'-»5' direction. 133091 to 135610 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-840 SEQ ID NO. : 204, U86, 3'-*-5' direction. 125989 to 128136
20 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-716
SEQ ID NO.: 205, U85, 3'->5' direction, 124981 to 125853 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-291
SEQ ID NO.: 206, U84, 3' -»5' direction, 123925 to 124953 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-343
25 SEQ ID NO.: 207, U82, 3' ->5 ' direction, 122653 to 123405 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-251
SEQ ID NO.: 208, U81, 3'-*5' direction, 121810 to 122577 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-256 SEQ ID NO.: 209, U78, 3'-»5' direction, 118709 to 119038
30 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-110
SEQ ID NO.: 210, U75, 3'-»5' direction, 112659 to 113408
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-250
SEQ ID NO. : 211, U72, 3'->5' direction, 107278 to 108312
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SEQ ID NO.: 212, U66, 3'-»5' direction, 101569 to 102486,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-306
SEQ ID NO. .- 213, U60, 3 '-*5 ' direction, 97288 to 98256, amino 5 acid sequence of amino acids 1-323
SEQIDNO.: 214 , U57 , 3 ' -*5 ' direction, 89875 to 93912 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-1346
SEQ ID NO. : 215, U56 , 3 '-»5 ' direction, 88983 to 89873, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-297
10 SEQIDNO.: 216 , U55 , 3 ' -»5 ' direction, 87505 to 88803 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-433
SEQ ID NO. : 217, U54 , 3 ' -*5 ' direction, 86051 to 87427, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-459
SEQ ID NO. : 218, U52 , 3 '-*5' direction, 83498 to 84274, amino 15 acid sequence of amino acids 1-259
SEQIDNO.: 219, U48 , 3 '-*5 ' direction, 78034 to 80118 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-695
SEQIDNO.: 220, U47, 3 '->5' direction, 75912 to 77867 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-652
20 SEQIDNO.: 221, U45 , 3 '-*5 ' direction, 74088 to 75218 ,amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-377
SEQ ID NO. : 222, U43, 3 '-*5' direction, 70823 to 73405, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-861
SEQ ID NO. : 223, U42, 3 '-*5 ' direction, 69054 to 70598, amino 25 acid sequence of amino acids 1-515
SEQ ID NO. : 224, U41, 3'-*5' direction, 64222 to 67620, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-1133
SEQ ID NO. : 2 25, U40, 3'-»5' direction, 62034 to 64214, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-727
30 SEQIDNO.: 226 , U38 , 3 ' -»5 ' direction , 56550 to 59588 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-1013
SEQ ID NO. : 227, U35, 3'-»5' direction, 53933 to 54253, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-107
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SEQ ID NO. : 2 28, U33 , 3 ' ^5 ' direction, 51723 to 53135, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-471
SEQ ID NO. : 229, U32, 3 '-»5 ' direction, 51455 to 51721, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-89
5 SEQ ID NO.: 230 , U29 , 3 ' -*5 ' direction, 41457 to 42356 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-300
SEQ ID NO. : 231, U28, 3 '-»5 ' direction, 39020 to 41434, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-805
SEQ ID NO. : 232, U26, 3 ' ->5 ' direction, 36922 to 37809, amino 10 acid sequence of amino acids 1-296
SEQ ID NO. : 2 33 , U25 , 3 ' -»5 ' direction, 35864 to 36814, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-317
SEQ ID NO.: 234, Unknown 1, 3'->5' direction, 35674 to 35847 ,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-58
15 SEQIDNO.: 235, U24, 3'-»5' direction, 35392 to 35655, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-88
SEQIDNO.: 236, U23, 3'-*5' direction, 34375 to 35085, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-237
SEQIDNO.: 237, U22, 3'-*5' direction, 33739 to 34347 , amino 20 acid sequence of amino acids 1-203
SEQ ID NO. : 238, U21, 3 '-*5 ' direction, 32340 to 33641, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-434
SEQ ID NO. : 239, U20, 3'-»5' direction, 31069 to 32337, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-423
25 SEQIDNO.: 240 , U19, 3 ' -»5 ' direction, 29649 to 30818 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-390
SEQ ID NO. : 241, U18, 3'-*5' direction, 28508 to 29389, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-294
SEQ ID NO. : 242, U16, 3*-*5' direction, 26259 to 27116, amino 30 acid sequence of amino acids 1-286
SEQ ID NO. : 243, U15, 3'-»5' direction, 25660 to 25992, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-111
SEQ ID NO. : 244, Ull, 3'-»5' direction. 18966 to 21578, amino
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SEQ ID NO. : 245, U9 , 3 ' ->5 ' direction, 17238 to 17552, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-105
SEQ ID NO. : 246, U8 , 3 ' -*5 ' direction, 16021 to 17091. amino 5 acid sequence of amino acids 1-357
SEQ ID NO.: 247, U7 , 3'-*5' direction, 14908 to 15936 . amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-343
SEQ ID NO. : 248, U5, 3'-»5' direction, 13214 to 14548, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-445
10 SEQ ID NO. : 249, U4 , 3'-»5' direction, 11485 to 13092, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-536
SEQ ID NO. : 250, U3, 3 '-»5' direction, 10155 to 11276, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-374
SEQ ID NO.: 251, U2, 3' -»5' direction, 8716 to 9816, amino 15 acid sequence of amino acids 1-367
SEQ ID NO. : 252, L Ul, 3'->5' direction, 7467 to 8432, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-322
SEQ ID NO. : 253. DR5, 3'-»5' direction, 3734 to 4171. amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-146
20 SEQ ID NO.: 254, DR3, 3'-»5' direction, 2401 to 2979, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-193
SEQ ID NO.: 255, LT1, 3'-»5' direction, 1 to 338, amino acid
sequence of amino acids 1-113
SEQ ID NO.: 256, U16 exon 1-2, 3'^5' direction, 26259 to
25 27034 and 27187 to 27349, nucleic acid sequence encoding
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-313
SEQ ID NO.: 257, U16 exon 1-2, 3'-*5' direction, 26259 to
27034and 27187 to 27349, amino acid sequence of amino acids
1-313
30 SEQ ID NO.: 258, U17, 3'-»5' direction, 26948 to 27349,
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-134
SEQ ID NO. : 259, U17, 3'-»5' direction, 26948 to 27349, amino
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SEQ ID NO.: 260, U39, 3'->5' direction, 59588 to 62080,
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-831
5 SEQ ID NO.: 261, U39 , 3'-»5' direction, 59588 to 62080 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-831 •>.,• -
SEQ ID NO.: 262, U34. 3'->5' direction, 53086 to 53916, nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-277
10 SEQ ID NO.: 263 , U34 , 3 ' ^5 ' direction, 53086 to 53916 , amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-277
SEQ ID NO.: 264, U27, 3'-»5' direction, 37797 to 38978, nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-394
15 SEQ ID NO.: 265, U27. 3'->5' direction, 37797 to 38978, amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-394
SEQ ID NO.: 266, U61, 3' -»5' direction, 98231 to 98578,
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of-amino
acids 1-116 . 20 SEQ ID NO.: 267 , U61, 3 ' -»5 ' direction, 98231 to 98578 , amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-116
SEQ ID NO.: 268, U76, 3' -»5' direction, 113317 to 115305, nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-663
25 SEQ ID NO.: 269, U76, 3'-»5' direction, 113317 to 115305, amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-663
SEQ ID NO.: 270, U87, 3'->5' direction, 127551 to 130043, nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-831
30 SEQ ID NO.: 271, U87, 3'-»5' direction, 127551 to 130043, amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-831 SEQ ID NO.: 272, genome sequence of strain HST SEQ ID NO.: 273, DR1, 5'-»3' direction, 576 to 842, amino
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acid sequence of amino acids 1-89
SEQ ID NO. : 274, DR2, 5'-»3' direction, 1027 to 2970, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-648
SEQ ID NO. : 275, DR6, 5'-»3' direction, 5025 to 5336, amino 5 acid sequence of amino acids 1-104 7 c ;
SEQ ID NO. : 276, DR7, 5'-*3' direction, 6512 to 715Q, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-213
SEQ ID NO.: 277, D, 5' -»3' direction, 7928 to 8662, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-245
10 SEQ ID NO.: 278, Ul, 5'-^3 ' direction, 8929 to 9384, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-152
SEQ ID NO.: 279, U6, 5'-*3' direction, 15395 to 15652. amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-86
SEQ ID NO. : 280, U10, 5 ' -»3 ' direction, 18386 to 19897, amino 15 acid sequence of amino acids 1-504
SEQIDNO.: 281, U13, 5 '-*3 ' direction, 23699 to 24022, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-108
SEQ ID NO. : 292. U14 , 5 '-»>3 ' direction, 24136 to 25953,, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-606 JT , ,
20 SEQIDNO.: 283, U30, 5'-*3' direction, 42839 to 46087 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-1083
SEQ ID NO. : 284, U31, 5 '->3 ' direction, 46105 to 52338, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-2078
SEQ ID NO. : 285, U36 , 5 ' -*3 ' direction, 55212 to 56660, amino 25 acid sequence of amino acids 1-483
SEQ ID NO. : 286, U37, 5'-*3' direction, 56664 to 57458, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-265
SEQ ID NO. : 287, U44, 5'-»3' direction, 74335 to 75030, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-232
30 SEQIDNO.: 288, U46, 5 ' -»3 ' direction, 76180 to 76434 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-85
SEQ ID NO. : 289, U49, 5'-*3' direction, 81342 to 82100, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-253
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SEQ ID NO. : 290, U51, 5 '-»3 ' direction, 83642 to 84547, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-302
SEQ ID NO. : 291, U53, 5 '-»3 ' direction, 85350 to 86936, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-529 5 SEQ ID NO. : 292, U58 , 5 '-»3 ' direction, 95048 to,97366 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-773
SEQ ID NO. : 293, U59, 5* -*3' direction, 97375 to 98415, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-347
SEQ ID NO. : 294, U62. 5 ' -»3 ' direction, 99551 to 99814, amino 10 acid sequence of amino acids 1-88
SEQ ID NO.: 295, U64, 5'-*3' direction, 100390 to 101718,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-443
SEQ ID NO.: 296, U67, 5'-*3' direction, 103591 to 104652,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-354
15 SEQ ID NO. : 297, U69. 5*->3' direction, 104999 to 106690,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-564
SEQ ID NO.: 298, U70, 5'->3' direction, 10669.8 to 108164,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-489
SEQ ID NO.: 299, U73, 5'-*3' direction, 109475 to 111817.
20 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-781
SEQ ID NO.: 300, U77, 5' -»3' direction, 116250 to 118724,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-825
SEQ ID NO.: 301, U79, 5'-*3' direction, 121322 to 122359,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-346
25 SEQ ID NO.: 302, U80, 5'-*3' direction, 122640 to 122942,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-101
SEQ ID NO.: 303, U83, 5'->3' direction, 124657 to 124998,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-114
SEQ ID NO.: 304, U91, 5'-»3' direction, 138630 to 138974,
30 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-115
SEQ ID NO.: 305, U95, 5'-»3' direction, 144230 to 147868,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-1213
SEQ ID NO.: 306, DR1R, 5'-»3' direction, 153618 to 153884,
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SEQ ID NO.: 307, DR2R, 5' -*3' direction, 154069 to 156012,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-648
SEQ ID NO.: 308, DR6R, 5'-*3' direction, 158067 to 158378,
5 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-104
SEQ ID NO.: 309, DR7R, 5 '-»3 ' direction, 159554 to 160192,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-213
SEQ ID NO.: 310, U12, 5'-»3' direction, 22479 to 22511and
22589 to 23617, nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid
10 sequence of amino acids 1-354
SEQ ID NO.: 311, U12, 5'-»3' direction, 22479 to 22511and
22589 to 23617, amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-354
SEQ ID NO.: 312, U50, 5'-»3' direction, 81877 to 83544,
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino 15 acids 1-556
SEQ ID NO.: 313, U50, 5 ' ->3 ' direction, 81877 to 83544 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-556
SEQ ID NO.: 314. U63, 5'->3' direction, 99756 to 100412,
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino 20 acids 1-219
SEQ ID NO. : 315 , U63 , 5 ' ->3 ' direction, 99756 to 100412, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-219
SEQ ID NO.: 316, U65, 5'-»3' direction, 101675 to 102682,
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino 25 acids 1-336
SEQ ID NO.: 317, U65, 5' -*3' direction, 101675 to 102682,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-336
SEQ ID NO.: 318, U68, 5'->3' direction, 104652 to 104996,
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino 30 acids 1-115
SEQ ID NO.: 319, U68, 5 '-»3 ' direction, 104652 to 104996,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-115
SEQ ID NO.: 320, U71, 5'-»3' direction, 108101 to 108346,
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acids 1-82
SEQ ID NO.: 321, U71, 5 ' -»3' direction, 108101 to 108346,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-82
5 SEQ ID NO.: 322, U74, 5'->3' direction, 111786 to 113774,
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino
acids 1-663
SEQ ID NO.: 323, U74, 5' ^3' direction, 111786 to 113774,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-663
10 SEQ ID NO.: 324, genome sequence (complementary strand) of
strain HST
SEQ ID NO.: 325,DRHN2R, 3 ' ->5 ' direction , 160278 to 160748 ,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-157
SEQ ID NO.: 326, DRHN1R, 3'-*5' direction, 158065 to 158574, 15 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-170
SEQ ID NO.: 327, DR3R, 3'->5' direction, 155760 to 156362,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-201
SEQ ID NO.: 328, RJ1, 3'-»5' direction, 153060 to 153407,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-116
20 SEQ ID NO. : 329, U100, 3'-»5' direction, 151529 to151918.
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-130
SEQ ID NO.: 330, U99, 3'-*5' direction, 151115 to 151396,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-94
SEQ ID NO.: 331, U98, 3'-»5' direction, 150376 to 150870, 25 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-165
SEQ ID NO.: 332, HN2, 3' -»5' direction, 149749 to 149913.
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-55
SEQ ID NO.: 333, U97, 3'-»5' direction, 149352 to 149651,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-100
30 SEQ ID NO.: 334, U94, 3'-»5' direction, 142683 to 144155,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-491
SEQ ID NO.: 335, HN1, 3' -»5' direction, 141543 to 142355,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-271
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SEQ ID NO.: 336, U90, 3' -»5' direction, 137810 to 138085,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-92
SEQ ID NO.: 337, U89, 3 *-»5 ' direction, 134808 to 137684,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-959
5 SEQ ID NO.: 338, U86. 3 ' -»5' direction, 127176 to 131717,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-1514
SEQ ID NO.: 339, U85, 3' -*5' direction, 126160 to 127038,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-293
SEQ ID NO.: 340, U84, 3' ^»5' direction, 125104 to 126132, 10 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-343
SEQ ID NO.: 341, U82, 3'-»5' direction, 123829 to 124581,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-251
SEQ ID NO.: 342, U81, 3'-»5' direction, 122986 to 123753,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-256
15 SEQ ID NO.: 343, U76. 3' -»5' direction, 114467 to 116455.
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-663
SEQ ID NO.: 344, U75. 3'-»5' direction, 113379 to 113756,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-126
SEQ ID NO.: 345. U72. 3'^-5' direction, 108428 to 109462, 20 amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-345
SEQ ID NO.: 346, U66, 3'->5' direction, 102702 to 103619,
amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-306
SEQ ID NO. : 347. U60, 3'-*5' direction, 98412 to 99380, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-323
25 SEQ ID NO.: 348 , U57 , 3 ' -»5 ' direction, 90999 to 95036 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-1346
SEQ ID NO. : 349, U56, 3'->5' direction, 90107 to 90997, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-297
SEQ ID NO. : 350, U55, 3 ' -*5 ' direction, 88628 to 90106, amino 30 acid sequence of amino acids 1-493
SEQ ID NO. : 351, U54, 3 ' -»5' direction, 87171 to 88550, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-460
SEQ ID NO. : 352, U52, 3 ' ->5' direction, 84744 to 85343, amino
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acid sequence of amino acids 1-200
SEQ ID NO. : 353, U48 , 3'-*5' direction, 79099 to 81183, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-695
SEQ ID NO. : 354, U47, 3'-»5' direction, 76617 to 788 33, amino 5 acid sequence of amino acids 1-739
SEQ ID NO.: 355 , U45 , 3 ' ->5 ' direction, 74977 to 76107 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-377
SEQ ID NO. : 356, U43, 3'-*5' direction, 71712 to 74294, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-861
10 SEQIDNO.: 357 , U42 , 3 ' -*5 ' direction, 69937 to 71487 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-517
SEQ ID NO. : 358, U41, 3'-»5' direction, 65176 to 68574, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-1133
SEQ ID NO. : 359, U40 , 3 ' -*5 ' direction, 62988 to 65168, amino 15 acid sequence of amino acids 1-727
SEQIDNO.: 360, U38, 3'-»5' direction, 57504 to 60542 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-1013
SEQ ID NO. : 361, U35, 3'-»5' direction, 54893 to 55210, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-106 -v.- .■
20 SEQIDNO.: 362 , U33, 3 ' -*5 ' direction, 52683 to 54095 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-471
SEQ ID NO. : 363, U32 , 3 ' ->5 ' direction, 52412 to 52681, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-90
SEQ ID NO. : 364, U29, 3'->5' direction, 42412 to 43311, amino 25 acid sequence of amino acids 1-300
SEQ ID NO. : 365, U28, 3'-»5' direction, 39975 to 42389, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-805
SEQIDNO.: 366 , U26 , 3 ' -*5 ' direction, 37883 to 38770 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-296
30 SEQIDNO.: 367 , U25 , 3 ' ->5 ' direction, 36825 to 37775 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-317
SEQIDNO.: 368 , U24 , 3 ' -*5 ' direction, 36350 to 36616 , amino
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SEQ ID NO. : 36 9, U23, 3'-»5' direction, 35326 to 36225, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-300
SEQ ID NO. : 370, U21, 3 '-»5 ' direction, 33291 to 34793, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-501
5 SEQ ID NO.: 371, U20 , 3 ' ->5 ' direction, 31984 to 33288 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-435
SEQ ID NO. : 372 , U19 , 3 ' -»5 ' direction, 3059 2 to 31761, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-390
SEQ ID NO. : 373, U18, 3'-»5' direction, 29443 to 30327, amino 10 acid sequence of amino acids 1-295
SEQ ID NO. : 374, U17, 3 ' -*5 ' direction, 28003 to 28263, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-87
SEQ ID NO. : 375, U16, 3 ' -*5 ' direction, 27172 to 27603, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-144
15 SEQ ID NO.: 376, U15, 3'->5" direction, 26559 to 26891, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-111
SEQ ID NO.: 377 , Ull, 3 ' -»5 ' direction, 19801 to 22377 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-859
SEQ ID NO. : 378, U8", 3' -»5 ' direction, 16806 to 18041, amino 20 acid sequence of amino acids 1-412
SEQ ID NO. : 379, U7, 3'-*5' direction, 15678 to 16802, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-375
SEQ ID NO. : 380, U5, 3 ' ->5 ' direction, 14002 to 15333, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-444
25 SEQ ID NO. : 381, U4, 3'->5' direction, 12276 to 13883, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-536
SEQ ID NO.: 382, U3, 3'-*5' direction, 10891 to 12051, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-387
SEQ ID NO.: 383, U2, 3' ->5' direction, 9467 to 10768, amino 30 acid sequence of amino acids 1-434
SEQ ID NO. : 384, L Ul, 3'-»5' direction, 8292 to 8807, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-172
SEQ ID NO. : 385, DRHN2 , 3 '->5 ' direction, 7236 to 7706, amino
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acid sequence of amino acids 1-157
SEQ ID NO. : 386, DRHN1, 3 '->5 ' direction, 5023 to 5532, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-170
SEQ ID NO.: 387, DR3, 3'->5' direction, 2718 to 3320, amino 5 acid sequence of amino acids 1-201
SEQ ID NO.: 388 , LT1, 3 ' ->5 ' direction, 18 to 365, amino acid
sequence of amino acids 1-116
SEQ ID NO. : 389, U9 , 3'-*5' direction, 18022 to 18336, nucleic
acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino acids
10 1-105
SEQ ID NO. : 390, U9, 3'-»5' direction, 18022 to 18336, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-105
SEQ ID NO.: 391, U22, 3'-»5' direction, 34690 to 35298,
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino 15 acids 1-203
SEQ ID NO.: 392 , U22 , 3 ' -»5 ' direction, 34690 to 35298 , amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-203
SEQ ID NO.: 393, U27. 3' -*5' direction, 38758 to 39933,
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino 20 acids 1-392
SEQ ID NO. : 394, U27, 3 '-*5 ' direction, 38758 to 39933, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-392
SEQ ID NO.: 395, U34, 3'-*5' direction, 54046 to 54876,
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino 25 acids 1-277
SEQ ID NO. : 396, U34, 3'-*5' direction, 54046 to 54876, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-277
SEQ ID NO.: 397, U39, 3'->5' direction, 60542 to 63034,
nucleic acid sequence encoding amino acid sequence of amino 30 acids 1-831
SEQ ID NO. : 398, U39 , 3 ' -»5 ' direction, 60542 to 63034, amino
acid sequence of amino acids 1-831
SEQ ID NO.: 399, U61, 3'-*5' direction, 99355 to 99867,
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SEQ ID NO. SEQ ID NO. SEQ ID NO. SEQ ID NO. SEQ ID NO.
SEQ ID NO. : 400 , U61, 3 ' ^5 ' direction, 99355 to 99867, amino acid sequence of amino acids 1-171
401, BAC vector sequence
402, primer BAC7-E1
403, primer BAC7-E2
404, primer BAC7-E3
405, primer BAC7-E4
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described. It should be understood throughout the present specification
5 that expression of a singular form includes the concept of their plurality unless otherwise mentioned. It should be also understood that the terms as used herein have definitions typically used in the art unless otherwise mentioned. Thus, unless otherwise defined, all scientific and technical terms
10 have the same meanings as those generally used by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertain. If there is contradiction, the present specification (including the definition) precedes.
15 (Definition of Terms)
The definitions of terms used herein are described below.
As used herein, the term "herpesvirus" includes all
20 of HHV-6A, HHV-6B, and HHV-7, and both their wild-types and recombinant types unless otherwise mentioned. As used herein, the term "HHV-6" includes HHV-6A and HHV-6B, and both their wild-types and recombinant types unless otherwise mentioned.
25
As used herein, the term "essential gene" in relation to herpesvirus refers to a gene which is essential for the growth of the herpesvirus. Also, the term "non-essential gene" in relation to herpesvirus refers to a gene which is
30 not essential for the growth of the herpesvirus, and in the absence of which the herpesvirus can grow.
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(Human herpesvirus 7; HHV-7)
Examples of non-essential genes of human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7) include, but are not limited to: gene HI, gene DR1, gene DR2, gene H2, gene DR6, gene DR7, gene
5 H3, gene H4 , gene U2 , gene U3 , gene U4 , gene U5/7, gene U8 , geneUlO, geneU12, geneU13, geneU15, gene,U16, gene U17Ex, geneU17, gene U17a, geneU18, geneU19, geneU20, geneU21, gene U23, gene U24, gene U24a, gene U25, gene U26, gene U28, gene U32 , gene U33, gene U34, gene U35, gene U36, gene U37,
10 gene U40, gene U42, gene U44, gene U45, gene U46, gene U47, geneU49, geneU50, geneU51, gene U52, geneU55A, geneU55B, gene U58, gene U59, gene U62, gene U63, gene U64, gene U65, gene U67, gene U68, gene U69, gene U70, gene U71, gene U75, gene U76, gene H5, gene U79, gene H6, gene U80, gene U81,
15 gene U84, gene U85, gene U91, gene H7, gene U95, and gene H8.
When a gene in a viral genome is an essential gene,
the virus cannot grow in the absence of the gene. Therefore,
20 by deleting an arbitrary gene in a viral genome and detecting
the growth of the virus, it is possible to determine whether
the gene is an essential gene or a non-essential gene.
A region within the ORF of the above-described
25 non-essential gene and/or a region flanking the ORF, can be used as a target for inserting a BAC vector. Examples of such a preferable target include, but are not limited to, a region within or flanking the ORF of gene U24, and a region within or flanking the ORF of gene U24a. A region 30 flanking the ORF of gene U24 and a region flanking the ORF of gene U24a are more preferable.


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As used herein, the term "wild strain" in relation to herpesvirus refers to a herpesvirus strain which is not artificially modified and is isolated from the nature. An example of a wild strain includes, but is not limited to,
5 strain JI. The nucleic acid sequence of strain JI is set forth in SEQ ID NO.: 1. The reading frame direction, the site on the genome, and the number of amino acid residues of a coded polypeptide of each ORF of strain JI are described below.

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Name direction
HI 5' ^3 direction
DR1 5 ^3 direction
DR2 5 -*3 direction
H2 5 -*3 direction
DR6 5 -^3 direction
DR7 5 -*3 direction
H3 3 -*5 direction
H4 3 -^5 direction
U2 3 ^5 direction
U3 3 ^5 direction
U4 3 ^5 direction
U5/7 3 -»5 direction
U8 3 ^5 direction
U10 5 ^3 direction
Ull 3 -*5 direction
U12 5 -»3 direction
U13 5 -^3 direction
U14 5 -^3 direction
U15 3 ^5 direction
U17Ex 3 ^5 direction
23836

Site on Number of amino genome acid residues 33 to 542 amino acid 1-170 368 to 826 amino acid 1-153 898 to 2100 amino acid 1-401 2267 to 2506 amino acid 1-80 2562 to 3050 amino acid 1-163 3122 to 3910 amino acid 1-263 3976 to 4224 amino acid 1-83 4449 to 4745 amino acid 1-99 6338 to 7417 amino acid 1-360 7578 to 8732 amino acid 1-385 8754 to 10382 amino acid 1-543 10407 to 13004 amino acid 1-866 13174 to 14262 amino acid 1-363 14608 to 15963 amino acid 1-452 15982 to 18249 amino acid 1-756 18396 to 19436 amino acid 1-347 19521 to 19817 amino acid 1-99 19885 to 21831 amino acid 1-649 22244 to 22564 amino acid 1-107 22772 to 23547 and 23620 to amino acid 1-331

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U17 3 -*5 direction 23570
U17a 5 —3 direction 24318
U18 3 — 5 direction 24713
U19 3 — 5 direction 25945
U20 3 — 5 direction 27036
U21 3 — 5 direction 28202
U23 3 ^5 direction 29903
U24 3 ^5 direction 30524
U24a 3 ^5 direction 30776
U25 3 ^5 direction 30936
U26 3 -*5 direction 31988
U27 3 — 5 direction 32857
U28 3 -*5 direction 34064
U29 3 ^5 direction 36487
U30 5 ^3 direction 37362
U31 5 ^3 direction 40179
U32 3 -*5 direction 46355
U33 3 -*5 direction 46608
U34 3' -»5 direction 47992
U35 3" -►5 direction 48805
U36 5 -*3 direction 49118
U37 5 ^3 direction 50577
U38 3 -*5 direction 51363
U39 3" ^5 direction 54401
U40 3' ^5 direction 56832
U41 3 ^5 direction 59000
U42 3 ^5 direction 62772
U43 3 -♦5 direction 64501
U44 5 -♦3 direction 67143
U45 3 -*5 direction 67759
U46 5 ^3 direction 68930
U4 7 3 ^5 direction 69638
U48 3 ^5 direction 70817

to 23836 amino acid 1-89 to 24587 amino acid 1-90 to 25600 amino acid 1-296 to 26922 amino acid 1-326 to 28211 amino acid 1-392 to 29494 amino acid 1-431 to 30418 amino acid 1-172 to 30772 amino acid 1-83 to 31129 amino acid 1-118 to 31898 amino acid 1-321 to 32869 amino acid 1-294 to 33951 amino acid 1-365 to 36484 amino acid 1-807 to 37347 amino acid 1-287 to 40178 amino acid 1-939 to 46358 amino acid 1-2060 to 46627 amino acid 1-91 to 48041 amino acid 1-478 to 48768 amino acid 1-259 to 49119 amino acid 1-105 to 50575 amino acid 1-486 to 51356 amino acid 1-260 to 54401 amino acid 1-1013 to 56869 amino acid 1-823 to 58997 amino acid 1-722 to 62395 amino acid 1-1132 to 64352 amino acid 1-527 to 67086 amino acid 1-862 to 67754 amino acid 1-204 to 68898 amino acid 1-380 to 69190 amino acid 1-87 to 70579 amino acid 1-314 to 72889 amino acid 1-691

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U50 5 —3' direction
U51 5 -*3' direction
U52 3" -»5' direction
U53 5' —3' direction
U54 3' —5' direction
U55A 3' >5' direction
U55B 3' ►5' direction
U56 3 —5' direction
U57 3' — 5' direction
U58 5 — 3' direction
U59 5 -*3' direction
U60-U66 3 ^5 ' direction
95985
U62 5 -►3' direction
U63 5 ^3 direction
U64 5 -»3 direction
U65 5 -►3" direction
U67 5 -►3 direction
U68 5 ^3 direction
U69 5 -»3 direction
U70 5 ^3 direction
U71 5 ^3 direction
U72 3 -*5 direction
U73 5 ^3 direction
U74 5 ^3 direction
U75 3 -»5 direction
U76 3 -*5 direction
U77 5 ^3 direction
H5 5 '-♦3 ' direction
U79 5 '-•3 direction
H6 5 '-*3 direction
U80 5 '—3 ' direction

73003 to 73722 amino acid 1-240
73538 to 75202 amino acid 1-555
75304 to 76188 amino acid 1-295
76185 to 76949 amino acid 1-255
76957 to 78495 amino acid 1-513
78503 to 79870 amino acid 1-456
79918 to 81201 amino acid 1-428
81285 to 82577 amino acid 1-431
82630 to 83511 amino acid 1-294
83514 to 87551 amino acid 1-1346
87563 to 89890 amino acid 1-776
89838 to 90881 amino acid 1-348
90878 to 92005 and 95122 to
amino acid 1-664
92017 to 92244 amino acid 1-76
92216 to 92851 amino acid 1-212
92829 to 94148 amino acid 1-440
94111 to 95103 amino acid 1-331
95984 to 97024 amino acid 1-347
97024 to 97368 amino acid 1-115
97371 to 99011 amino acid 1-547
99013 to 100455 amino acid 1-481
100392 to 100613 amino acid 1-74
100636 to 101676 amino acid 1-347
101693 to 104056 amino acid 1-788
104007 to 105986 amino acid 1-660
105973 to 106743 amino acid 1-257
106667 to 108589 amino acid 1-641
108435 to 110897 amino acid 1-821
112811 to 113311 amino acid 1-167
113502 to 114203 amino acid 1-234
114257 to 114505 amino acid 1-83
114557 to 115189 amino acid 1-211

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U82 3 —5 direction
U84 3 ^5 direction
U85 3 ^5 direction
U86 3 ^5 direction
U89 3 -*5 direction
U90 3 -+5 direction
U91 5 —3 direction
H7 5 -*3 direction
U95 5 -*3 direction
H8 3 ^5 direction
U98 3 ^5 direction
U99 3 ^5 direction
U100 3 —5 direction
HI' 5 ^3 direction
DR1' 5 ^3 direction
DR2' 5 ^3 direction
H2 '■■ 5 —3 direction
DR6* 5 -*3 direction
DR7' 5 ^3 direction
H3' 3 ^5 direction
H4' 3 ^5 direction

115184 to 115948 amino acid 1-255 116038 to 116778 amino acid 1-247 117111 to 118043 amino acid 1-311 1180 71 to 118913 amino acid 1-281 119091 to 12270,8 amino acid 1-1206 12 54 20 to 128668 amino acid 1-1083
128776 to 129051 amino acid 1-92 129122 to 129625 amino acid 1-168 130829 to 132112 amino acid 1-428 133382 to 136204 amino acid 1-941
136307 to 136579 amino acid 1-91 137945 to 138451 amino acid 1-169 138375 to 138692 amino acid 1-106
138751 to 138999 amino acid 1-83 139080 to 139589 amino acid 1-170 139415 to 139873 amino acid 1-153 139945 to 141147 amino acid 1-401
141314 to 141553 amino acid 1-80 141609 to 142097 amino acid 1-163 142169 to 142957 amino acid 1-263
143023 to 143271 amino acid 1-83 143496 to 143792 amino acid 1-99 .

In the above-described table, "5'—»3' direction"
25 indicates that the ORF has the same direction as that of the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO.: 1. "3'-»5" direction" indicates that the ORF has a reverse direction with respect to that of the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO.: 1. By identifying a sequence homologous to the 30 nucleic acid sequence and/or the amino acid sequence of the ORF, those skilled in the art can easily identify the ORF in the genome of a strain other than strain JI.
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Features of a gene product coded by each ORF in the HHV-7 genome are described in Tables 1 to 3 below.
Table 1: Non-essential genes of HHV-7
ORF Amino acid Features
residue
■'■'-■ ■■ length ' ■ : '■ - ■-. -
HI 169
DR1 152
DR2 400
H2 79
DR6 161
DR7 262
H3 82
H4 98
U2 359
U3 384
U4 542
U5/7 865
U8 362
U10 451
U12 346
U13, 98
U15 106
*J16 264
US22 gene family, DR1/6 homolog US22 gene family
US22 gene family, DR1/6 homolog
US2 2 gene family, transcription
activating agent
US2 2 gene family US22 gene family
US22 gene family US22 gene family
GCR homolog, chemokine receptor
IE-B transcription activating agent
(spliced into U17)
U17Ex 72 IE-B transcription activating agent
(spliced into U16)

U17 88
U17a 89
U18 295
U19 325
U20 391
U21 430
U23 171
U24 82
U24a 117
U25 320
U26 293
U28 806
U32 90
U33 477
U34 258
U35 104
U36 485

IE-B, HCMV IE glycoprotein homolog
IE-B
Ig gene family?
glycoprotein
glycoprotein, EHV-1 gJ homolog
glycoprotein
US22 gene family, transcription activating agent
ribonucleotide reductase (large subunit)
virion protein virion protein?
considered to be virion protein

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U37
U40
U42
U44
U45
U46
U47
U49
U50
U51
U52
U55A
U55B
U58
U59
U62
U63
U64
U65
U67
U68
U69
U70
U71
U75
U76
H5
U79
H6
U80
U81
U84
U85
U91
H7
U95
H8

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721 transport protein
526 transcription activating agent
203
379 dUTPase
86 313
239 fusion protein 554 virion protein 294 GCR, opioid homolog 254
427 replication function? 430 replication function? 775 347
75 211 439 330 346 114
546 phosphotransferase 480 alkali exonuclease
73 256
640 virion protein?
166 233 HCMV replication, spliced (UL112/113)
82 honolog of C-terminus of U79 of HHV-6
210 HCMV replication, spliced (UL112/113)
254 uracil-DNA glycosylase 310 splised in HCMV 280 homolog of OX-2 glycoprotein 167
42 7 Dral repeat 940 MCMV IE2 homolog, US22 gene family
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Table 2: HHV-7 genes involved in viral replication

ORF
U27 U38 U41 U43 U73 U74 U77 U86 U89 U90

Amino acid
residue
length
364
,012
,131
861
787
659
820
.205
082
91

Features
polymerase promoting agent
DNA polymerase
single stranded DNA-binding protein
primase
origin binding protein (OBP)
helicase/primase complex
helicase
homology to IE-A, HCMV IE2
IE-A transcription activating agent
exon in IE-A, HHV-6

Table 3 : HHV-7 genes involved in formation of viral particle

ORF
Amino acid
residue
U66
length

Ull 755
U14 648
U29 286
U30 938

U31 2,059
U39 822
U48 690
U53 512
U54 455
U56 293
U57 1,345
U60 394
309

U72 346
U82 246
U98 168
U99 105
U100 82

Features
structural phophorylated protein
HCMV UL25/35 gene family
minor capsid protein (mCP)
capsid assembly, myosin
agent involved in association and
formation of capsid (part of viral
particle)
large tegument protein
glycoprotein B (gB)
glycoprotein H (gH)
protease/assembly protein
tegument protein, transcription
activating agent
capsid protein
major capsid protein (MCP)
spliced in later phase (U60/66)
protein involved in DNA packaging
spliced in later phase (U60/66)
protein involved in DNA packaging
intramembranous protein (gM)
glycoprotein L (gL)
protein homologous to HHV-6 gQ
protein homologous to HHV-6 gQ
protein homologous to HHV-6 gQ

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(Human herpesvirus 6A; HHV-6A)
Examples of non-essential genes of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6A) include, but are not limited to, gene LT1, gene DR1, gene DR2, gene DR3, gene DR4, gene DR5, gene
5 DR6, gene DRHN1, gene DR7, gene DRHN2, gene DR8, gene LJ1, gene Ul, gene U2, gene U3, gene U4, gene U5, gene U6, gene U7, gene U8, gene U9, gene U10, gene U12EX, gene U12, gene U13, gene U15, gene U16, gene U17, gene U18, gene U19, gene U20, gene U21, gene U22, gene U23, gene U24 , gene U25, gene
10 U26 , gene U28, gene U32, gene U33, gene U34, gene U35, gene U36, gene U37, gene U40, gene U42, gene U44, gene U45, gene U46, gene U47, gene U49, gene U50, gene U51, gene U52, gene U55, gene U58, gene U59, gene U61, gene U62, gene U63, gene U64, gene U65, gene U67, gene U68, gene U69, gene U70, gene
15 U71, gene U75, gene U76, gene U78, gene U79, gene U80, gene U81, gene U83, gene U84, gene U85, gene U88, gene U91, gene U92, gene U93, gene HN2, gene U94, gene U95, and gene U96.
When a gene in a viral genome is an essential gene,
20 the virus cannot grow in the absence of the gene. Therefore,
by deleting an arbitrary gene in a viral genome and detecting
the growth of the virus, it is possible to determine whether
the gene is an essential gene or a non-essential gene.
25 A region within the ORF of the above-described
non-essential gene and/or a region flanking the ORF, can be used as a target for inserting a BAC vector. Examples of such a preferable target include, but are not limited to, a region within or flanking the ORF of gene U5, and a
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5 The nucleic acid sequence of strain U1102 is set forth in SEQ ID NO. : 128. The reading frame direction, the site oa the genome, and the number of amino acid residues of a coded polypeptide of each ORF of strain U1102 are described below.

ORF Reading frame Site on Number of amino
Name direction genome acid residues
LT1 3 ^5 ' direction 1 to 338 amino acid 1-113
DR1 5 ^3 ' direction 501 t o 794 amino acid 1-98
DR2 5 ^3 ' direction 791 t o 2653 amino acid 1-621
DR3 3 ^5 ' direction 2401 to 2979 amino acid 1^193
DR4 5 -»-3- ' direction 2746 to 3048 amino acid 1-101
DR5 3 -»5 ' direction 3734 to 4171 amino acid 1-146
DR6 5 ^3 ' direction 4725 to 5036 amino acid 1-104
DR7 5 ^3 ' direction 5629 to 6720 amino acid 1-364 :
DR8 5 ^3 ' direction 7237 to 7569 amino acid 1-111
LJ1 3 -»5 ' direction 7467 to 8432 amino acid 1-322
Ul 5' ^3 direction 8245 to 8616 amino acid 1-124
U2 3' -*5' direction 8716 to 9816 amino acid 1-367
U3 3' -»5" direction 10155 to 11276 amino acid 1-374
U4 3' -*5" direction 11485 to 13092 amino acid 1-536
U5 3' -*5 direction 13214 to 14548 amino acid 1-445
U6 5' -»3' direction 14619 to 14867 amino acid 1-83
U7 3' -*5" direction 14908 to 15936 amino acid 1-343
U8 3' ^5 direction 16021 to 17091 amino acid 1-357
U9 3 ^5 direction 17238 to 17552 amino acid 1-105
U10 5 '-*3 ' direction 17604 to 18914 amino acid 1-437
Ull 3 '—5 ' direction 18966 to 21578 amino acid 1-871

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3' direction 21680 to 21710and 21800 to 22812 amino acid 1-348
•3' •3' >3' •5' 1-2
5' direction 26259 to 27034 and 27187 to 27349 amino acid 1-313
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U12 U13 U14 U15 U16
U16 U17 U18 U19 U20 U21 U22 U23 U24
U25 U26 U2 7 U28 U29 U30 U31 U32 U33 U34 U35 U36 U37

exon 5' —
5'-5'-5'-3'-exon 3'-*
3'-3'-3'-3'-3'-3'-3'-3'-■■'■ 3' 3'-» 3'-3'-3'-3'-3'-5'-5'-3'-3'-3'-3'-5'-5'-

direction 21856 to 22812 direction 22898 to 23218 directibn 23316 to 25145 direction 25660 to 25992
►5' direction 26259 to 27116 ►5' direction 26948 to 27349 ►5' direction 28508 to 29389 -5' direction 29649 to 30818 *5' direction 31069 to 32337 »5' direction 32340 to 33641 »5' direction 33739 to 34347 »5' direction 34375 to 35085 •^■5"-' direction 35392 to 35655 5' direction 35674 to 35847
direction 35864 to 36814 direction 36922 to 37809 direction 37797 to 38978 direction 39020 to 41434 direction 41457 to 42356 direction 41884 to 45132 direction 45150 to 51383 direction 51455 to 51721 direction 51723 to 53135 direction 53086 to 53916 direction 53933 to 54253 direction 54252 to 55706 direction 55710 to 56504

amino acid 1-319 amino acid 1-107 amino acid 1-610 amino acid 1-111
amino acid 1-286 amino acid 1-134 amino acid 1-294 amino acid 1-390 amino acid 1-423 amino acid i-434 amino acid 1-203 amino acid .1-237 ' amino' acid l-:&& amino acid 1-58 amino acid 1-317 amino acid 1-296 amino acid 1-394 amino acid 1-805 amino acid 1-300 amino acid 1-1083 amino acid 1-2078 amino acid 1-89 amino acid 1-471 amino acid 1-277 amino acid 1-107 amino acid 1-485 amino acid 1-265

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U39 3 ^5 direction
U40 3 — 5 direction
U41 3 -*5 direction
U42 3 ^5 direction
U43 3 -*5 direction
U44 5 ^3 direction
U45 3 ^5 direction
U46 5 -*3 direction
U47 3 ^5 direction
U48 3 ^5 direction
U49 5 -*3 direction
U50 5 -•3 direction
U51 5 -*3 direction
U52 3 ^5 direction
U53 5 ^3 direction
U54 3 -»5 direction
U55 3 -^5 direction
U56 3 — 5 direction
U57 3 -^5 direction
U58 5 ^3 direction
U59 5 -»3 direction
U60 3 -*5 direction
U61 3 ^5 direction
U62 5 -^3 direction
U63 5 -^3 direction
U64 5 -*3 direction
U65 5 ^3 direction
U66 3 -*5 direction
U67 5 -*3 direction
U68 5 ^3 direction
U69 5 ->3 direction
U70 5 -♦3 direction

56550 to 59588 59588 to 62080 62034 to 64214 64222 to 67620 69054 to 70598 70823 to 73405 73446 to 74087 74088 to 75218 75291 to 75545 75912 to 77867 78034 to 80118 80277 to 81035 80812 to 82479 82574 to 83479 83498 to 84274 84281 to 85867 86051 to 87427 87505 to 88803 88983 to 89873 89875 to 93912 93924 to 96242 96239 to 97291 97288 to 98256 98231 to 98578 98427 to 98684 98632 to 99282 99260 to 100588 100545 to 101552 101569 to 102486 102458 to 103519 103519 to 103863 103866 to 105554 105562 to 107028


amino acid 1- -1013
amino acid 1- 831
amino acid 1- -727
amino acid 1- 1133
amino acid 1- 515
amino acid 1- •861
amino acid 1- -214
amino acid 1- 377
amino acid 1- -85
amino acid 1- 652
amino acid 1- 695
amino acid 1- 253
amino acid 1- 556
amino acid 1- -302
amino acid 1- -259
amino acid 1- 529
amino acid 1- 459
amino acid 1- • 433
amino acid 1- -297
amino acid 1- 1346
amino acid 1- 773
amino acid 1- 351
amino acid 1- 323
amino acid 1- 116
amino acid 1- •86
amino acid 1- 217
amino acid 1- -443
amino acid 1 -336
amino acid 1 -306
amino acid 1 -354
amino acid 1 -115
amino acid 1 -563
amino acid 1 -489

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U71 5 ^3 direction 106965 to 107198 amino acid 1 -78
U72 3 -»5 direction 107278 to 108312 amino acid 1- -345
U73 5 ^3 direction 108325 to 110667 amino acid 1- -781
U74 5 -*3 direction 110636 to 112624 amino acid 1- -663
U75 3 -*5 direction 112659 to 113408 amino acid 1- -250
U76 3 ^5 direction 113317 to 115305 amino acid 1- -663
U77 5 -*3 direction 115100 to 117574 amino acid 1- -825
U78 3 — 5 direction 118709 to 119038 amino acid 1- -110
U79 5 ^3 direction 120164 to 121198 amino acid 1- -345
U80 5 -*3 direction 121170 to 121766 amino acid 1- -199
U81 3 -*5 direction 121810 to 122577 amino acid 1- -256
U82 3 —5 direction 122653 to 123405 amino acid 1- -251
U83 5 -*3 direction 123528 to 123821 amino acid 1- -98
U84 3 ^5 direction 123925 to 124953 amino acid 1- -343
U85 3 -*5 direction 124981 to 125853 amino acid 1- -291
U86 3 ^5 direction 125989 to 128136 amino acid 1- -716
U87 3 -»5 direction 127551 to 130043 amino acid 1- -831
U88 5 -♦3 direction 131034 to 132275 amino acid 1- -414
U89 ' 3 -^5 direction 133091 to 135610 amino acid 1- -840
U90 3 -»5 direction 135664 to 135948 amino acid 1- -95
Putat :ive pi -otein U90
5' -♦3' direction 136266 to 136481 amino acid 1- 72
U91 5 -»3 direction 136485 to 136829 amino acid 1- -115
U92 3 -»5 direction 138049 to 138492 amino acid 1- -148
U93 3 ^5 direction 138531 to 139124 amino acid 1- -198
U94 3 —5 direction 141394 to 142866 amino acid 1- -491
U95 5 ->3 direction 142941 to 146306 amino acid 1- 1122
U96 3 ^5 direction 146641 to 146940 amino acid 1- -100
U97 3 — 5 direction 147808 to 148077 amino acid 1- -90
U98 3 -»5 direction 148741 to 149391 amino acid 1- -217
U99 3 -»5 direction 149485 to 149766 amino acid 1- -94
U100 3 '-*5 ' direction 149868 to 150437 amino acid 1 -190
RJ1 3 -•5 ' direction 151140 to 151571 amino acid 1- -144

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DR1 5' '-*3' direction 151734 to 152027 amino acid 1- -98
DR2 5' '-»3' direction 152024 to 153886 amino acid 1- -621
DR3 3' '—5' direction 153634 to 154212 amino acid 1- -193
DR4 5' '—3' direction 153979 to 154281 amino acid 1- -101
DR5 3' '-*5' direction 154967 to 155404 amino acid •1- -146
DR6 5' '-*3' direction 155958 to 156269 amino acid 1- -104
DR7 5' '—3' direction 156862 to 157953 amino acid 1- -364
DR8 5' '—3' direction 158470 to 158802 amino acid 1- ■111.
10 In the above-described table, "5'-»3' direction"
indicates that the ORF has the same direction as that of the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO.: 128. n3'-»5' direction" indicates that the ORF has a reverse direction with respect to that of the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ
15 ID NO.'-: 128. By identifying a sequence homologous to the ^ nucleic acid sequence and/or the amino acid sequence of the ORF, those skilled in the art can easily identify the ORF in the genome of a strain other than strain U1102.
20 As used herein, the term "mutant strain" refers to
a herpesvirus strain which has a mutation due to mutagenesis, multiple subculturings or the like. Mutagenesis of a herpesvirus strain may be either random mutagenesis or site-specific mutagenesis.
25
(Human herpesvirus 6B; HHV-6B)
Examples of non-essential genes which are considered to be of HHV- 6B having substantially the same genome structure as that of HHV-6A, include, but are not limited to: gene
30 LT1, gene DR1, gene DR2, gene DR3, gene DR4, gene DR5, gene DR6, gene DRHN1, gene DR7, gene DRHN2, gene DR8, gene LJ1, gene Ul, gene U2, gene U3, gene U4, gene U5, gene U6, gene U7, gene U8, gene U9, gene U10, gene U12EX, gene U12, gene
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U13. gene U15, gene U16, gene U17, gene U18, gene U19, gene
U20, gene U21, gene U2 2, gene U23, gene U24 , gene U25, gene
U26, gene U28, gene U32, gene U33, gene U34, gene U35, gene
U36, gene U37, gene U40, gene U42, gene U44, gene U45, gene
U46, gene U47, gene U49, gene U50, gene U51, gene U52, gene
U55, gene U58. gene U59, gene U61, gene U62, gene U63, gene
U64, gene U65, gene U6 7, gene U68 , gene U69, gene U70, gene
U71, gene U75, gene U7 6, gene U78, gene U79, gene U80, gene
U81, gene U83, gene U84, gene U85, gene U88, gene U91. gene
U92, gene U93, gene HN2, gene U94, , gene U9 5 , and gene U96.
When a gene in a viral genome is an essential gene,
the virus cannot grow in the absence of the gene. Therefore,
by deleting an arbitrary gene in a viral genome and detecting
15 the growth of the virus, it is possible to determine whether
the gene is an essential gene or a non-essential gene.
'A region within the ORF of the above-described non-essential gene and/or a region flanking the ORF, can
20 be used as a target for inserting a BAC vector. Examples of such a preferable target include, but are not limited to, a region within or flanking the ORF of gene U5, and a region within or flanking the ORF of gene U8. A region flanking the ORF of gene U5 and a region flanking the ORF
25 of gene U8 are more preferable.
As used herein, the term "wild strain" in relation to HHV-6B refers to a HHV-6B strain which is not artificially modified and is isolated from the nature. An example of a
30 wild strain includes, but is not limited to, strain HST. The nucleic acid sequence of strain HST is set forth in SEQ ID NO. : 272. The reading frame direction, the site on the genome, and the number of amino acid residues of a coded

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ORF Reading frame Siti 2 on
Name direction genome
LT1 3 '■-*5' direction 18 to 365
DR1 5 '-*3' direction 576 to 842
DR2 5 '-*3' direction 1027 to 2970
DR3 3 '-•5' direction 2718 to 3320
DRHN1 3 '-♦5' direction 5023 to 5532
DR6 5 -*3' direction 5025 to 5336
DR7 5 '-♦3' direction 6512 to 7150
DRHN2 3 *-*5' direction 7236 to 7706
D 5' -♦3' direction 7928 1 to B662
LJ1 3 '-*5* direction 8292 to 8807
Ul 5' -»3' direction 8929 to 9384
U2 3' -*5- direction 9467 to 10768
U3 3' -»5' direction 10891 to 12051
U4 3' -*5' direction 12276 to 13883
U5 3' -*5' direction 14002 to 15333
U6 5' -♦3' direction 15395 to 15652
U7 3' -♦5' direction 15678 to 16802
U8 3' ->5' direction 16806 to 18041
U9 3' -*5' direction 18022 to 18336
U10 5 -*3' direction 18386 to 19897
Ull 3 -►5' direction 19801 to 22377
U12 5 -*3' direction 22479 to 22511
amino acid 1
U13 5 -*3' direction 23699 to 24022
U14 5 -♦3' direction 24136 to 25953
U15 3 '-♦5' direction 26559 to 26891
U16 3 '-*5' direction 27172 to 27603
U17 3 '-►5' direction 28003 to 28263
U18 3 -*5' direction 29443 to 30327

Number of amino acid residues amino acid 1-116 amino acid 1-89 amino acid 1-648 amino acid 1-201 amino acid 1-170 amino acid 1-104 amino acid 1-213 amino acid 1-157 amino acid 1-245 amino acid 1-172 amino acid 1-152 amino acid 1-434 amino acid 1-387 amirid acid 1-536' amino acid 1-444 amino acid 1-86 amino acid 1-37 5 amino acid 1-412 amino acid 1-105 amino acid 1-504 amino acid 1-859
and 22589 to 23617
-354
amino acid 1-108 amino acid 1-606 amino acid 1-111 amino acid 1-144 amino acid 1-87 amino acid 1-295

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U19 3 '->5'
U20 3 '-»5'
U21 3 '-»5'
U22 3 ->5'
U23 3 -*5'
U24 2 \'—>5
U25 3 -*5'
U26 3 -*5'
U27 3 -*5'
U28 3 -»5'
U29 3 -*5'
U30 5 -*3'
U31 5 -►3'
U32 3 -*5'
U33 3 -»5'
U34 3 -»5'
U35 3 -*5'
U36 5 -»3'
U37 5 -»3'
U38 3 -»5'
U39 3' -*5'
U40 3' ->5'
U41 3' ->5'
U42 3' -*5'
U43 3' -»5"
U44 5' -♦3'
U45 3' -•5'
U46 5' -►3'
U47 3' ->5'
U48 3' -*5'
U49 5' -♦3'
U50 5' -*3'
U51 5' -*3'

direction 30592 to 31761 direction 31984 to 33288 direction 33291 to 34793 direction 34690 to 35298 direction 35326 to 36225 ' direction 36350 to 36616 direction 36825 to 37775 direction 37883 to 38770 direction 38758 to 39933 direction 39975 to 42389 direction 42412 to 43311 direction 42839 to 46087 direction 46105 to 52338 direction 52412 to 52681 direction 52683 to 54095 direction 54046 to 54876 direction 54893 to 55210 direction 55212 to 56660 direction 56664 to 57458 direction 57504 to 60542 direction 60542 to 63034 direction 62988 to 65168 direction 65176 to 68574 direction 69937 to 71487 direction 71712 to 74294 direction 74335 to 75030 direction 74977 to 76107 direction 76180 to 76434 direction 76617 to 78833 direction 79099 to 81183 direction 81342 to 82100 direction 81877 to 83544 direction 83642 to 84547

amino acid 1-390 amino acid 1-435 amino acid 1-501 amino acid 1-203 amino acid 1-300 amino acid 1-89 amino acid 1-317 amino acid 1-296 amino acid 1-392 amino acid 1-805 amino acid 1-300
amino acid 1-1083
amino acid 1-2078 amino acid 1-90 amino acid 1^471 amino acid 1-277 amino acid 1-106 amino acid 1-483 amino acid 1-265
amino acid 1-1013 amino acid 1-831 amino acid 1-727
amino acid 1-1133 amino acid 1-517 amino acid 1-861 amino acid 1-232 amino acid 1-377 amino acid 1-85 amino acid 1-739 amino acid 1-695 amino acid 1-253 amino acid 1-556 amino acid 1-302

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3 '-»5 direction 84744 to 85343
5 '->3 direction 85350 to 86936
3 '-»5 direction 87171 to 88550
3 '-*5 direction 88628 to 90106
3 '->5 ' direction 90107 to 90997
3 '-»5 direction 90999 to 95036
5 '->3 direction 95048 to 97366
5 '-»3 direction 97375 to 98415
3 '-►5 direction 98412 to 99380
3 ^5 direction 99355 to 99867
5 -♦3 direction 99551 to 99814
5 ^3 direction 99756 to 100412
5 -»3 direction 100390 to 101718
5 -»3 direction 101675 to 102682
3 -*5- ' direction 102702 to 103619
5 -»3 direction 103591 to 104652
5 -►3 direction 104652 to 104996
5 -»3 direction 104999 to 106690
5 -*3 direction 106698 to 108164
5 -*3 direction 108101 to 108346
3 -»5 direction 108428 to 109462
5 -*3 direction 109475 to 111817
5 ->3 direction 111786 to 113774
3 ->5 direction 113379 to 113756
3 -*5 direction 114467 to 116455
5 -»3* direction 116250 to 118724
5 -»3 direction 121322 to 122359
5 ->3 direction 122640 to 122942
3 -*5 direction 122986 to 123753
3 -»5 direction 123829 to 124581
5 -♦3 direction 124657 to 124998
3 -*5 direction 125104 to 126132
3 -»5 direction 126160 to 127038

amino acid 1-200 amino acid 1-529 amino acid 1-460 amino acid 1-493' amino acid 1-297i amino acid 1-1346 amino acid 1-773 amino acid 1-347 amino acid 1-323 amino acid 1-171 amino acid 1-88 amino acid 1-219 amino acid 1-443 amino acid 1-336 amino acid 1-306 amino acid. 1-354? amino acid 1-115 amino acid 1-564s! amino acid 1-489-amino acid 1-82 amino acid 1-345 amino acid 1-781 amino acid 1-663 amino acid 1-126 amino acid 1-663 amino acid 1-825 amino acid 1-346 amino acid 1-101 amino acid 1-256 amino acid 1-251 amino acid 1-114 amino acid 1-343 amino acid 1-293

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U86 3' ->5'
U89 3' ^5*
U90 3' '—5'
U91 5' '—3'
HN1 3' ->5'
U94 3' '-»5'
U95 5' -*3'
U97 3' '—5'
HN2 3' -*5'
U98 3' '->5'
U99 3' -»5'
U100 3 '—5'
RJ1 3' ->5'
DR1R 5 '-*3'
DR2R 5 ->3'
DR3R 3 '—5'
DRHN1R 3 '—5'
DR6R 5 '-♦3'
DR7R 5 '-*3*
DRHN2R 3 '-»5'

direction 127176 to 131717 direction 134808 to 137684 direction 137810 to 138085 direction 138630 to 138974 direction 141543 to 142355 direction 142683 to 144155 direction 144230 to 147868 direction 149352 to 149651 direction 149749 to 149913 direction 150376 to 150870 direction 151115 to 151396 direction 151529 to 151918 direction 153060 to 153407 direction 153618 to 153884 direction 154069 to 156012 direction 155760 to 156362 direction 158065 to 158574 direction 158067 to 158378 direction 159554 to 160192 direction 160278 to 160748

amino acid 1-1514 amino acid 1-959
amino acid 1-92 amino acid 1-115 amino acid 1-271 amino acid 1-491 amino acid 1-1213 amino acid 1-100
amino acid 1-55 amino acid 1-165
amino acid 1-94 amino acid 1-130 amino acid 1-116
amino acid 1-89 amino acid 1-648 amino acid 1-201 amino acid 1-170 amino acid 1-104; amino acid 1-213 amino acid 1-157.

In the above-described table, "5'-*3" direction" indicates that the ORF has the same direction as that of the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO.: 272. "3'-»5'
25 direction" indicates that the ORF has a reverse direction with respect to that of the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO.: 272. By identifying a sequence homologous to the nucleic acid sequence and/or the amino acid sequence of the ORF, those skilled in the art can easily identify the ORF
30 in the genome of a strain other than strain HST.
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(Proteins coded ORF's of HHV-6A and HHV-6B)
Features of a gene product coded by each ORF in the
HHV- 6A and HHV- 6B genome are described in Tables 4 to 6 below.
In the tables, the amino acid residue length of each ORF
in strain Ul 102 of HHV- 6A and strain HST of HHV- 6B is indicated.
Table 4: Non-essential gene of HHV-6

Amino acid
ORF residue length
U1102 / HST
LT1 112 / 115
DR1 97 / 88
DR2 620 / 647
DR3 192 / 200
DR4 100 /
DR5 145 /
DR6 103 / 103
DRHN1 / 169
DR7 363 / 212
DRHN2 / 156
DR8 110 / 244
LJ1 321 / 172
Ul 123 / 151
U2 366 / 433
U3 373 / 386
U4 535 / 535
U5 444 / 443
U6 82 / 85
U7 342 / 374
U8 356 / 411
U9 104 / 104
U10 436 / 503
U12EX 347 / 353
U12 318 / 305
U13 106 / 107
U15 110 / 110
U16 143 / 143
U17 133 / 86
U18 293 / 294
U19 389 / 389
U20 422 / 434
U21 433 / 500

Features
US22 gene family US22 gene family
US22 gene family
US22 gene family, transcription activating agent
US22 gene family US22 gene family
US22 gene family US22 gene family
U12 exon 1
U12 exon 2, CC-chemokine receptor
IE-B, transcription activating
agent, US22 gene family
IE-B
homologous to IE-B, HCMV IE
glycoprotein
IE-B
glycoprotein, Ig-chain C domain
glycoprotein

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U2*2~""' 202 / 202 glycoprotein
U23 236 / 299 glycoprotein
U24 87 / 88
U25 316 / 316 US22 gene family, transcription activating agent
U26 295 / 295
U28 804 / 804 rib nucleotide reductase (large subunit)
U32 88 / 89
U33 470 / 470 capsid protein
U34 276 / 276 possible virion protein
U35 106 / 106
U36 484 / 481 possible virion protein
U37 264 / 264
U40 726 / 726 transport protein
U42 514 / 516 transcription activating agent
U44 213 / 231
U45 376 / 376 dUTPase
U46 84 / 84
U47 651 / 738
U49 252 / 252 fusion protein
U50 555 / 555 virion protein
U51 301 / 301 GCR, homolog of opioid
U52 258 / 258 * .'-"
U55 432 / 492
U58 772 / 772
U59 350 / 350
U61 115 / 170
U62 85 / 87
U63 216 / 218
U64 442 / 442
U65 335 / 335
U67 353 / 353
U68 114 / 114
U69 562 / 563 Ganciclovir kinase, conserved phosphotransferase
U70 488 / 488 alkali exonuclease
U71 77 / 81
U75 249 / 249
U76 662 / 662
U78 109 /
U79 344 / 345 HCMV replication, spliced (UL112/113)
U80 198 / 203 HCMV replication, spliced (UL112/113)
U81 255 / 255 uracil-DNA glycosylase
U83 97 / 113 chemokine
U84 342 / 342 spliced in HCMV
U85 290 / 292 homologous to OX-2 glycoprotein

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U88 413 /
U91 114 / 114
U92 147 /
U93 197 /
HN2 / 270
U94 490 / 490
U95 1,121 / 1,197
U96 99 /

provirus replication,
transcription activation
MCMVIE2 homolog, US22 gene family



Table 5: HHV-6 genes involved in viral replication
Amino acid
residue
lengthU1102 /
HST
Features
ORF
U27 U38 U41 U43 U73 U74 U77 U86 U89
U90
HN1

393 / 391
1.012 / 1,012
1,132 / 1.132
860 / 860
780 / 780
662 / 662
824 / 824
1.351 / 1.513
839 / 958
94 / 89
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DNA polymerase promoting agent
DNA polymerase
single stranded DNA-binding protein
helicase/primase complex
origin binding protein (OBP)
helicase/primase complex
helicase/primase complex
homology to IE-A. HCMV IE2
IE-A. transcription activating
agent
exon in IE-A : •
exon in IE-A

Table 6: HHV-6 genes involved in formation of viral particle

ORF
Ull
U14 U29 U30
U31 U39 U48 U53 U54

Amino acid
residue
lengthU1102 /
HST
870 / 858
609 / 610
299 / 299
1,082 / 1.082
2,077 / 2.077 830 / 830 694 / 694 528 / 528 458 / 459

Features
pplOO, major antigenic structural
protein
HCMV UL25/35 gene family
minor capsid protein (mCP)
capsid assembly, myosin (agent involeved
in association and formation of capsid
(part of viral particle)
large tegument protein
glycoprotein B (gB)
glycoprotein H (gH)
protease/assembly protein
tegument protein, transcription
activating agent
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U56 296 / 296 capsid protein
U57 1,345 / 1,345 major capsid protein (MCP)
U60 322 / 322 spliced in later phase (U60/66) protein involved in DNA packaging
U66 305 / 305 spliced in later phase (U60/66) protein involved in DNA packaging
U72 344 / 344 intramembranous protein (gM)
U82 250 / 250 glycoprotein L (-g.L)
mi 89 / 99 glycoprotein Q HN3 / 55 gQ exon
U98 216 / 164 gQ exon
U99 93 / 93 gQ exon
U100 189 / 129 gQ exon
When a gene in a viral genome is an essential gene,
the virus cannot grow in the absence of the gene. Therefore,
by deleting an arbitrary gene in a viral genome and detecting
5 the growth of the virus, it is possible to determine whether
the gene is an essential gene or a non-essential gene.
As used herein, the term "wild strain" in relation to herpesvirus refers to a herpesvirus strain which is not
10 artificially modified and is isolated from the,nature.
As used herein, the term "mutant strain" refers to
a herpesvirus strain which has a mutation due to mutagenesis ,
multiple subculturings or the like. Mutagenesis of a
15 herpesvirus strain may be either random mutagenesis or
site-specific mutagenesis.
The terms "protein", "polypeptide", "oligopeptide" and "peptide" as used herein have the same meaning and refer
20 to an amino acid polymer having any length.
The terms "polynucleotide", "oligonucleotide", and "nucleic acid" as used herein have the same meaning and refer to a nucleotide polymer having any length. Unless otherwise



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indicated, a particular nucleic acid sequence also implicitly encompasses conservatively-modified variants thereof (e.g. degenerate codon substitutions ) and complementary sequences as well as the sequence explicitly indicated. Specifically,
5 degenerate codon substitutions may be produced by generating sequences in which the third position of one or more selected (or all) codons is substituted with mixed-base and/or deoxyinosine residues (Batzer et al., Nucleic Acid Res. 19:5081(1991); Ohtsuka et al. , J. Biol. Chem. 260:2605-2608
10 (1985); Resoling et al. , Mol. Cell. Probes 8:91-98(1994)).
As used herein, the term "gene" refers to an element defining a genetic trait. A gene is typically arranged in a given sequence on a chromosome. A gene which defines the
15 primary structure of a protein is called ~a structural gene. A gene which regulates the expression of a structural gene is called a regulatory gene. As used herein, " gene " may refer to "polynucleotide" . "oligonucleotide", "nucleic acid" , and "nucleic acid molecule" and/or "protein", "polypeptide",
20 "oligopeptide" and "peptide" . As used herein, the term "open reading frame" or "ORF" in relation to a gene, refers to a reading frame which is one of three frames obtained by sectioning the base sequence of a gene at intervals of three bases, and has a start codon and a certain length without
25 a stop codon appearing partway, and has the possibility of actually coding a protein. The entire base sequence of the genome of herpesvirus has been determined, identifying at least 101 genes. Each of the genes is known to have an open reading frame (ORF).
30
As used herein, the term "region within an ORF" in relation to a gene in a herpesvirus genome, refers to a region in which there are bases constituting the ORF in the gene



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within the herpesvirus genome.
As used herein, the term "region flanking an ORF" in relation to a gene in a herpesvirus genome, refers to
5 a region in which there are bases existing in the vicinity of the ORF in the gene within the herpesvirus genome, and which does not correspond to a region within the ORF of the gene or other genes.
10 As used herein, the term "homology" of a gene refers
to the proportion of identity between two or more gene sequences . Therefore, the greater the homology between two given genes, the greater the identity or similarity between their sequences. Whether or not two genes have homology is
15 determined by comparing their sequences directly or by a hybridization method under stringent conditions. When two gene sequences are directly compared with each other, these genes have homology if the DNA sequences of the genes have representatively at least 50% identity, preferably at least
20 70% identity, more preferably at least 80%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity with each other.
Similarity comparison and homology calculation of base sequences are herein performed using BLAST (sequence
25 analyzing tool) with the default parameters.
As used herein, the term "expression" of a gene, a polynucleotide, a polypeptide, or the like, indicates that the gene or the like is affected by a predetermined action
30 in vivo to be changed into another form. Preferably, the term "expression" indicates that genes, polynucleotides, or the like are transcribed and translated into polypeptides . In one embodiment of the present invention, genes may be

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transcribed into mRNA. More preferably, these polypeptides may have post-translational processing modifications.
Amino acids may be referred to herein by either their
5 commonly known three letter symbols or by the one-letter
symbols recommended by the IUPAC-IUB Biochemical
Nomenclature Commission. Nucleotides, likewise, may be
referred to by their commonly accepted single-letter codes.
10 As used herein, the term "fragment" refers to a
polypeptide or polynucleotide having a sequence length ranging from 1 to n-1 with respect to the full length of the reference polypeptide or polynucleotide (of length n) . The length of the fragment can be appropriately changed
15 depending on the purpose. For example, in the case of polypeptides, the lower limit of the length of the fragment includes 3, 4, 5. 6. 7, 8. 9, 10. 15, 20, 25. 30. 40, 50 or more nucleotides. Lengths represented by integers which are riot Herein specified (e.g., 11 and the like) may be
20 appropriate as a lower limit. For example, in the case of polynucleotides, the lower limit of the length of the fragment includes 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000 or more nucleotides . Lengths represented by integers which are not
25 herein specified (e.g. , 11 and the like) may be appropriate as a lower limit.
A polypeptide encoded by a gene in a BAC vector may have at least one (e.g., one or several) amino acid
30 substitution, addition, and/or deletion or at least one sugar chain substitution, addition, and/or deletion as long as they have substantially the same function as that of a corresponding naturally-occurring polypeptide.
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As used herein, the term "sugar chain" refers to a compound which is made up of a series of at least one sugar unit (a monosaccharide and/or its derivative) . When two or
5 more sugars unit are linked, the sugars, unit are joined by dehydrocondensation due to glycosidic bonds. Examples of such a sugar chain include, but are not limited to, polysaccharides contained in organisms (glucose, galactose, mannose, fucose, xylose, N-acetylglucosamine,
10 N-acetylgalactosamine, sialic acid, and complexes and derivates thereof), and degraded polysaccharides, sugar chains degraded or induced from complex biological molecules (e.g., glycoproteins, proteoglycan, glycosaminoglycan, glycolipids . etc. ) , and the like . Therefore, the term " sugar
15 chain" may be herein used interchangeably with
" polysaccharide" , "carbohydrate", and ■* "hydrocarbon" .
Unless otherwise specified, the term "sugar chain" as used
herein includes both a sugar chain„ and- a sugar
cnairi -containing substance.
20
It is well known that if a given amino acid is substituted with another amino acid having a similar hydrophobicity index, the resultant protein may still have a biological function similar to that of the original protein
25 (e.g. , a protein having an equivalent enzymatic activity) . For such an amino acid substitution, the hydrophobicity index is preferably within ±2, more preferably within ±1, and even more preferably within ±0.5. It is understood in the art that such an amino acid substitution based on hydrophobicity
30 is efficient. A hydrophilicity index is also useful for modification of an amino acid sequence of the present invention. As described in US Patent No. 4,554,101, amino acid residues are given the following hydrophilicity indices :
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arginine (+3.0); lysine (+3.0); aspartic acid (+3.0±1); glutamic acid (+3.0±1); serine (+0.3); asparagine (+0.2); glutamine (+0.2); glycine (0); threonine (-0.4); proline (-0.5±1); alanine (-0.5); histidine(-0.5); cysteine(-1.0);
5 . : methionine(-1.3);valine (-1.5); leucine ( -1.8); isoleucine ( -1. 8) ; • tyrosine (-2.3); phenylalanine^ , ( - 2,. 5 ) ; and tryptophan (-3.4) . It is understood that an amino acid may be substituted with another amino acid which has a similar hydrophilicity index and can still provide a biological
10 equivalent. For such an amino acid substitution, the hydrophilicity index is preferably within ±2 , more preferably ± 1, and even more preferably ±0.5.
The term "conservative substitution" as used herein
15 refers to amino acid substitution in which a substituted
amino acid and a substituting amino >acid have similar
hydrophilicity indices or/and hydrophobicity indices . For
example, conservative substitution is jsaxried out. between
amino acids having a hydrophilicity or hjfdx phpblqity index
20 of within ±2, preferably within ±1, and more preferably within
±0.5. Examples of conservative substitution include, but
are not limited to, substitutions within each of the following
residue pairs: arginine and lysine; glutamic acid and
aspartic acid; serine and threonine; glutamine and
25 asparagine; and valine, leucine, and isoleucine, which are
well known to those skilled in the art.
As used herein, the term "variant" refers to a substance, such as a polypeptide, polynucleotide, or the
30 like, which differs partially from the original substance. Examples of such a variant include a substitution variant, an addition variant, a deletion variant, a truncated variant, an allelic variant, and the like. Examples of such a variant
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include, but are not limited to, a nucleotide or polypeptide having one or several substitutions, additions and/or deletions or a nucleotide or polypeptide having at least one substitution, addition and/or deletion. The term
5 allele" as used herein refers to a genetic variant located 1 at a;locus identical to a corresponding .gene,, where the two genes are distinguished from each other. Therefore, the term "allelic variant" as used herein refers to a variant which has an allelic relationship with a given gene. Such an
10 allelic variant ordinarily has a sequence the same as or highly similar to that of the corresponding allele, and ordinarily has almost the same biological activity, though it rarely has different biological activity. The term "species homolog" or "homolog" as used herein refers to one
15 that has an amino acid or nucleotide homology with a given
gene in a given species (preferably at least 60% homology.
more preferably at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%,
and at least 95% homology). A method for, obtaining such a
species homolog is clearly understood from the description
20 of the present specification. The term "ortholog" (also called orthologous genes) refers to genes in different species derived from a common ancestry (due to speciation) . For example, in the case of the hemoglobin gene family having multigene structure, human and mouse a-hemoglobin genes are
25 orthologs, while the human a-hemoglobin gene and the human P-hemoglobin gene are paralogs (genes arising from gene duplication). Orthologs are useful for estimation of molecular phylogenetic trees. Usually, orthologs in different species may have a function similar to that of
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As used herein, the term "conservative (or conservatively modified) variant" applies to both amino acid and nucleic acid sequences. With respect to particular nucleic acid sequences, conservatively modified variants refer to those nucleic acids which encode identical or essentially identical amino acid sequences. Because of the degeneracy of the genetic code, a large number of functionally identical nucleic acids encode any given protein. For example, the codons GCA, GCC, GCG and GCU all encode the amino acid alanine. Thus , at every position where an alanine is specified by a codon, the codon can be altered to any of the corresponding codons described without altering the encoded polypeptide. Such nucleic acid variations are "silent variations" which represent one species of conservatively modified variation. Every nucleic acid sequence herein which encodes a polypeptide also describes every possible silent variation of the nucleic acid. Those skilled in the art will recognize that each codon in a nucleic acid (except AUG, which is ordinarily .the only codon for methionine, and TGG, which is ordinarily the only codon for tryptophan) can be modified to yield a functionally identical molecule. Accordingly, each silent variation of a nucleic acid which encodes a polypeptide is implicit in each described sequence. Preferably, such modification may be performed while avoiding substitution of cysteine which is an amino acid capable of largely affecting the higher-order structure of a polypeptide.
In order to prepare a BAC vector containing a gene encoding a functionally equivalent polypeptide, amino acid additions, deletions, or modifications can be performed in addition to amino acid substitutions. Amino acid substitution(s) refers to the replacement of at least one amino acid of an original peptide chain with different amino
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acids, such as the replacement of 1 to 10 amino acids, preferably 1 to 5 amino acids, and more preferably 1 to 3 amino acids with different amino acids. Amino acid addition(s) refers to the addition of at least one amino
5 acid to an original peptide chain, such as the addition of 1 to 10 amino acids, preferably 1 to 5 amino acids, and more preferably 1 to 3 amino acids to an original peptide chain. Amino acid deletion(s) refers to the deletion of at least one amino acid, such as the deletion of 1 to 10 amino acids,
10 preferably 1 to 5 amino acids, and more preferably 1 to 3 amino acids. Amino acid modification includes, but is not limited to, amidation, carboxylation, sulfation, halogenation, truncation, lipidation, alkylation, glycosylation, phosphorylation, hydroxylation, acylation
15 {e.g., acetylation), and the like. Amino acids to be substituted or added may be naturally-occurring or nonnaturally-occurring amino acids, or amino acid analogs. Naturally-occurring amino acids are preferable.
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Such a nucleic acid can be obtained by a well known
5 PCR technique, or alternatively, can be chemically
synthesized. These methods may be combined ., with, for
example, site-specific mutagenesis, hybridization, or the
like.
10 As used herein, the term "substitution, addition or
deletion" for a polypeptide or a polynucleotide refers to the substitution, addition or deletion of an amino acid or its substitute, or a nucleotide or its substitute, with respect to the original polypeptide or polynucleotide,
15 respectively> This is achieved by technjL.gjjes well known in thfeart, including a site-specific mutagenesis technique and the like. A polypeptide or a polynucleotide may have Shy number (>0) of substitutions, additions, or deletions. The number can be as large as a variant haying such a number
20 of substitutions, additions or deletions which maintains an intended function. For example, such a number may be one or several, and preferably within 20% or 10% of the full length, or no more than 100, no more than 50, no more than 25, or the like.
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The structure of polymers (e.g., polypeptide structure) may be described at various levels. This structure is generally described in, for example, Alberts et al.. Molecular Biology of the Cell (3rd Ed., 1994), and
30 Cantor and Schimmel, Biophysical Chemistry Part I: The Conformation of Biological Macromolecules (1980) . General molecular biological techniques available in the present invention can be easily carried out by the those skilled

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5 Spring Harbor, NY, or the like.
When mentioning genes in the present specification, "vector" refers to an agent which can transfer a polynucleotide sequence of interest to a target cell.
10 Examples of such a vector include vectors which are capable of self replication or capable of being incorporated into a chromosome within host cells (e.g., prokaryotic cells, yeast, animal cells . plant cells , insect cells , whole animals , and whole plants) , and contain a promoter at a site suitable
15 for transcription of a polynucleotide.- of the present invention.
The term *BAC vector" refers to a plasmid which is produced using F plasmid of E. coll and,,» vector which can
20 stably maintain and grow a large size DNA fragment of about 300 kb or more in bacteria, such as E. coll and the like. The BAC vector contains at least a region essential for the replication of the BAC vector. Examples of such a region essential for replication include, but are not limited to,
25 the replication origin of F plasmid (or is) and variants thereof.
As used herein, the term "BAC vector sequence" refers
to a sequence comprising a sequence essential for the function
30 of a BAC vector. Optionally, the BAC vector sequence may
further comprise a "recombinant protein-dependent
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As used herein, the term "recombinant" in relation to nucleic acid is used interchangeably with the term "homologous recombination" , and indicates that two different homologous nucleic acid molecules encounter each other,
5 crossover occurs, and a new combination of nucleic acid is generated. As used herein, homologous .recombination includes both "recombinant protein-dependent recombination" and "recombinant protein-independent recombination". The term "recombinant protein-dependent
10 recombination" refers to homologous recombination which occurs in the presence of a recombinant protein, but not in the absence of a recombinant protein. The term "recombinant protein-independent recombination" refers to homologous recombination which occurs irrespective of the
15 presence or absence of a recombinant protein..... As used herein, the i*term "recombinant protein-dependent recombinant sequence" refers to a sequence which causes recombinant protein-dependent recombination. The. term "recombinant protein independent recombinant sequence" refers .-to. a
20 sequence which causes recombinant protein-independent recombination. The recombinant protein-dependent recombinant sequence causes recombination in the presence of a recombinant protein, but not in the absence of a recombinant protein . A recombinant protein preferably acts
25 specifically on a recombinant protein-dependent recombinant sequence, and does not act on sequences other than the recombinant protein-dependent recombinant sequence.
Examples of representative pairs of a recombinant
30 protein-dependent recombinant sequence and a recombinant
protein include, but are not limited to: a combination of
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combination of Flp protein and FRT site, a combination of cpC31 and attB or attP (Thorpe, Helena M. ; Wilson, Stuart E.; Smith, Margaret CM., Control of directionality in the site-specific recombination system of the Streptomyces phage
5 cpC31., Molecular Microbiology (2000), 38(2), 232-241.), a combination of resolvase and res site(S,adowski P., Site-specific recombinases : changing partners and doing the twist, J. Bacterid., February 1986; 165(2) 341-7) (generally, Sauer B., Site-specific recombination:
10 developments and applications., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol., 1994 Oct; 5(5): 521-7) .
As used herein, the term "selectable marker" refers to a gene which functions as an index for selection of a
15 host cell containing a BAC vector. Examples of a selectable marker include, but are not limited to. fluorescent markers, luminiscent markers, and drug selectable • markers. An example of a "fluorescent marker" is. but is not limited to, "a gene encoding a fluorescent protein, such as a green
20 fluorescent protein (GFP). An example of a "luminiscent marker" is, but is not limited to, a gene encoding a luminescent protein, such as lucif erase. An example of a " drug selectable marker" is, but is not limited to, a gene encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of: dihydrofolate
25 reductase gene, glutamine synthase gene, aspartic acid transaminase, metallothionein (MT), adenosine deaminase (ADA), adenosine deaminase (AMPD1, 2), xanthine-guanine-phosphoribosyl transferase, UMP synthase, P-glycoprotein, asparagine synthase, and ornithine
30 decarboxylase. Examples of a combination of a drug selectable marker and a drug include: a combination of dihydrofolate reductase gene (DHFR) and methotrexate (MTX) , a combination of glutamine synthase (GS) gene and methionine



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sulfoximine (Msx), a combination of aspartic acid transaminase (AST) gene and N-phosphonacetyl-L-aspartate) (PALA), a combination of MT gene and cadmium (Cd2+) , a combination of adenosine deaminase (ADA) gene and
5 adenosine, alanosine, or 2'-deoxycoformycin, a combination of adenosine deaminase (AMPD1, 2) gene,and: adenine, azaserine, or coformycin, a combination of xanthine-guanine-phosphoribosyltransferase gene and mycophenolic acid, a combination of UMP synthase gene and
10 6-azaulysine or pyrazofuran, a combination of P-glycoprotein (P-gp, MDR) gene and multiple drugs, a combination of asparagine synthase (AS) gene and p-aspartyl hydroxamic acid or albizziin, and a combination of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) gene and fi-dif luoromethyl- ornithine (DFMO) .
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As used herein, the term "expression vector" refers to a nucleic acid sequence comprising a structural gene and a promoter for* regulating expression -thereof; and in addition, various regulatory elements in a state that allows
20 them to operate within host cells. The regulatory element may include, preferably, terminators, selectable markers such as drug-resistance genes (e.g. , a kanamycin resistance gene, a hygromycin resistance gene, etc.), and enhancers. It is well known to those skilled in the art that the type
25 of an organism (e.g., a plant) expression vector and the type of a regulatory element may vary depending on the host cell. In the case of plants, a plant expression vector for use in the present invention may further has a T-DNA region. A T-DNA region enhances the efficiency of gene transfer,
30 especially when a plant is transformed using Agrobacterium.
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of interest to a target cell. Examples of such a vector include vectors which are capable of self replication or capable of being incorporated into a chromosome within host cells (e.g., prokaryotic cells, yeast, animal cells, plant
5 ceils, insect cells, whole animals,.and. whole plants), and contain a promoter at a site suitable for,4tansjri.ptlion of a polynucleotide of the present invention.
As used herein, the term "terminator" refers to a
10 sequence which is located downstream of a protein-encoding region of a gene and which is involved in the termination of transcription when DNA is transcribed into mRNA, and the addition of a poly A sequence. It is known that a terminator contributes to the stability of mRNA, and has an influence
15 on the amount of gene expression. Examples of-A terminator include,-but are not limited to, terminators dejpived from mammals, the CaMV35S terminator, the terminator of the nopaline synthase gene (Tnos) , the terminator* pf: the /tobacco PRla- gerie% and the like.
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As used herein, the term "promoter" refers to a base sequence which determines the initiation site of transcription of a gene and is a DNA region which directly regulates the frequency of transcription. Transcription is
25 started by RNA polymerase binding to a promoter. A promoter region is usually located within about 2 kbp upstream of the first exon of a putative protein coding region. Therefore, it is possible to estimate a promoter region by predicting a protein coding region in a genomic base sequence
30 using DNA analysis software. A putative promoter region is usually located upstream of a structural gene, but depending on the structural gene, i.e., a putative promoter region may be located downstream of a structural gene . Preferably,


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5 As used herein, the term "constitutive" for
expressibn-of'a promoter of the present -^invention-refers to a character of the promoter that the promoter is expressed in a substantially constant amount in all tissues of an organism no matter whether the growth stage of the organism
10 is a juvenile phase or a mature phase. Specifically, when Northern blotting analysis is performed under the same conditions as those described in examples of the present specification, expression is considered to be constitutive according to the definition of the present invention if
15 substantially the same amount of expression is observed at the same or-corresponding site at any time for example. Constitutive promoters are considered to, play :.a role, JJV maintaining the homeostasis of organisms, in ‘a normal growth
20 environment. These characters can be determined by extracting RNA from any portion of an organism and analyzing the expression amount of the RNA by Northern blotting or quantitating expressed proteins by Western blotting.
25 An "enhancer" may be used so as to enhance the
expression efficiency of a gene of interest. When used in animals, an enhancer region containing an upstream sequence within the SV40 promoter is preferable. One or more enhancers may be used, or no enhancer may be used.
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transcription and translation regulatory sequence (e.g., a promoter, an enhancer, and the like) or a translation regulatory sequence. In order for a promoter to be operatively linked to a gene, typically, the promoter is
5 located immediately upstream of the gene. A promoter is not necessarily adjacent to a structural gene.
As used herein, the terms "transformation", "transduction" and "transfection" are used interchangeably
10 unless otherwise mentioned, and refers to introduction of a nucleic acid into host cells. As a transformation method, any technique for introducing DNA into host cells can be used, including various well-known techniques , such as , for example, the elect ropor at ion method, the particle gun method
15 (gene gun),"ithe calcium phosphate method, and the like-.
As used herein, the term "transform ant" refers to the whole' or' a part of an organism, such as a ©ell, which is produced by transformation. Examples of a. transformant
20 include prokaryotic cells, yeast, animal cells, plant cells , insect cells and the like. Transformants may be referred to as transformed cells, transformed tissue, transformed hosts, or the like , depending on the subject. As used herein, all of the forms are encompassed, however, a particular form
25 may be specified in a particular context.
Examples of prokaryotic cells include prokaryotic
cells of the genera Escherichia, Serratia, Bacillus,
Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium, Microbacterium,
30 Pseudomonas, and the like, e.g. , Escherichia coli XLl-Blue, Escherichia coli XL2-Blue, Escherichia coli DHl, Escherichia coli MC1000, Escherichia coli KY3276, Escherichia coli W1485 , Escherichia coli JM109, Escherichia coli HBlOl, Escherichia
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Escherichia coll BL21(DE3), Escherichia coll
BL21(DE3)pLysS, Escherichia coll HMS174(DE3), Escherichia
coll HMS174(DE3)pLysS, Serratia ficaria, Serratia
5 fonticola, Serratia liquefaciens, Serratia marcescens,
Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens,
Brevibacteriumammmoniagenes , Brevibacteriurn immariophilum
ATCC14068, Brevibacterium saccharolyticum ATCC14066,
Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC13032, Corynebacterium
10 glutamicum ATCC14067, Corynebacterium glutamicum
ATCC13869, Corynebacterium acetoacidophilum ATCC13870, Microbacterium ammoniaphilum ATCC15354, Pseudomonas sp.D-0110, and the like.
15 Examples of animal cells include cord blood
mononuclear cells, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, Sup-Tl cells, and the like.
s The term "animal" is used herein in its broadest sense
20 and refers to vertebrates and invertebrates (e.g., arthropods). Examples of animals include, but are not limited to, any of the class Mammalia, the class Aves, the class Reptilia, the class Amphibia, the class Pisces, the class Insecta, the class Vermes, and the like.
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As used herein, the term "tissue" in relation to organisms refers to an aggregate of cells having substantially the same function. Therefore, a tissue may be a part of an organ. Organs usually have cells having the
30 same function, and may have coexisting cells having slightly different functions . Therefore, as used herein, tissues may have various kinds of cells as long as a certain property is shared by the cells.
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As used herein, the term "organ" refers to a structure which has a single independent form and in which one or more tissues are associated together to perform a specific
5 function. In plants, examples of organs include, but are not limited to, callus, root, stem, trunk, leaf, flower, seed, embryo bud, embryo, fruit, and the like. In animals, examples of organs include, but are not limited to, stomach, liver, intestine, pancreas, lung, airway, nose, heart,
10 artery, vein, lymph node (lymphatic system), thymus, ovary, eye, ear, tongue, skin, and the like.
As used herein, the term "transgenic" refers to incorporation of a specific gene into an organism (e.g.,
15 plants or animals (mice, etc.)) or such an organism having an incorporated gene.
When organisms of the present invention are animals, the transgenic organisms can be produced by a microinjection
20 method (a trace amount injection method), a viral vector method, an embryonic stem (ES) cell method, a sperm vector method, a chromosome fragment introducing method (transsomic method), an episode method, or the like. These transgenic animal producing techniques are well known in the art.
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As used herein, the term "screening" refers to selection of a substance, a host cell, a virus, or the like having a given specific property of interest from a number of candidates using a specific operation/evaluation method.
30 It will be understood that the present invention encompasses viruses having desired activity obtained by screening.
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used interchangeably to refer to a micro integrated circuit which has versatile functions and constitutes a portion of a system. Examples of a chip include, but are not limited t'o>-.DNA chips, protein chips, and the like. 55
As used herein, the term "array" refers to>a substrate (e.g., a chip, etc.) which has a pattern of a composition containing at least one (e.g., 1000 or more, etc.) target substances (e.g., DNA, proteins, transfection mixtures,
10 etc.), which are arrayed. Among arrays, patterned substrates having a small size (e.g., 10x10 mm, etc.) are particularly referred to as microarrays. The terms "microarray" and "array" are used interchangeably. Therefore, a patterned substrate having a larger size than
15 that which is described above may be referred to as a microarray. ; For example, an array comprises a set of desired transfection mixtures fixed to a solid phase surface or a film thereof. An array preferably comprises at least 102 antibodies ©f the same ox different types, more preferably at leastIJJen-.
20 more preferably at least 104, and still even more preferably at least 105. These antibodies are placed on a surface of up to 125x80 mm, more preferably 10x10 mm. An array includes , but is not limited to, a 96-well microtiter plate, a 384-well microtiter plate, a microtiter plate the size of a glass
25 slide, and the like. A composition to be fixed may contain one or a plurality of types of target substances. Such a number of target substance types may be in the range of from one to the number of spots, including, without limitation, about 10, about 100, about 500, and about 1,000.
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than 10 biological molecules per substrate, in another embodiment no more than 107 biological molecules, no more than 106 biological molecules, no more than 105 biological molecules, no more than 104 biological /molecules, no more
5 than 103 biological molecules , or no more than 102 biological
molecules: A composition containing more than1Q8biological i i molecule target substances may be provided on a substrate. In these cases, the size of a substrate is preferably small. Particularly, the size of a spot of a composition containing
10 target substances (e.g., proteins such as antibodies) may be as small as the size of a single biological molecule (e.g., 1 to 2 nm order). In some cases, the minimum area of a substrate may be determined based on the number of biological molecules on a substrate.
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"Spots" of biological molecules may be provided on
an array. As used herein, the term "spot" refers to a certain set of compositions containing target substances <.- herein the t spot ting refers to a act of preparing> 20 a spot of a composition containing a certain target substance on a substrate or plate. Spotting may be performed by any method, for example, pipetting or the like, or alternatively, using an automatic device. These methods are well known in the art.
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As used herein, the term "address" refers to a unique position on a substrate, which may be distinguished from other unique positions. Addresses are appropriately associated with spots. Addresses can have any
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rectangle, or an irregular shape. Therefore, the term "address" is used to indicate an abstract concept, while the term "spot" is used to indicate a specific concept. Unless it is necessary to distinguish them from each other,
5 the terms "address" and "spot" may be. herein, used interchangeably.' ' >-
The size of each address particularly depends on the size of the substrate, the number of addresses on the substrate,
10 the amount of a composition containing target substances and/or available reagents, the size of microparticles, and the level of resolution required for any method used for the array. The size of each address may be, for example, in the range of from 1-2 nm to several centimeters, though
15 the address may have any size suited to an array.
The spatial arrangement and shape which define an
address are designed so that the microarxay is suited to
a particular application. Addresses may be densely arranged
20 or sparsely distributed, or subgrouped into a desired pattern
appropriate for a particular type of material to be analyzed.
As used herein, the term "support" refers to a material which can carry cells, bacteria, viruses,
25 polynucleotides, or polypeptides. Such a support may be made from any solid material which has a capability of binding to a biological molecule as used herein via covalent or noncovalent bond, or which may be induced to have such a capability.
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5 producing hydrophobic bonds. A support may be formed of layers made of a plurality of materials. For example, a support may be made of an inorganic insulating material, such as glass, quartz glass, alumina, sapphire, forsterite, silicon oxide, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, or the like.
10 A support may be made of an organic material, such as polyethylene, ethylene, polypropylene, polyisobutylene, polyethylene terephthalate, unsaturated polyester, fluorine-containing resin, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl
15 alcohol, polyvinyl acetal, acrylic resin, polyacrylonitrile, polystyrene, acetal resin, polycarbonate, polyamide, phenol resin, urea resin, epoxy resin, melamine resin, styrene-aerylonitrile copolymer, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer, silicone resin,
20 polyphenylene oxide, polysulfone, and the like. Alternatively, nitrocellulose film, nylon film, PVDF film, or the like, which are used in blotting, may be used as a material for a support.
25 The herpesvirus of the present invention can be used
as an ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment, prevention, and/or therapy of infectious diseases.
30 As used herein, the term "effective amount" in
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5 art. The determination of such an effective amount .can be achieved by actual administration, use of an animal model,., or the like. The present invention is also useful for the determination of such an effective amount.
10 As used herein, the term "pharmaceutically
acceptable carrier" refers to a material which is used for production of a pharmaceutical agent or an agricultural chemical (e.g., an animal drug), and has no adverse effect on effective ingredients. Examples of such a
15 pharmaceutically acceptable carrier include, but are not ;
limited to: antioxidants, preservatives, colorants,L
flavoring agents, diluents , emulsify iers , suspending agents, .
solvents, fillers,: bulking agents, buffers, delivery
t vehicles -. excipients, and/or agricultural orpharmaceut.^al ,
20 adjutants.
The type and amount of a pharmaceutical agent used in the treatment method of the present invention can be easily determined by those skilled in the art based on information
25 obtained by the method of the present invention (e.g., information relating to a disease) in view of the purpose of use, the target disease (type, severity, etc.), the subject's age, size, sex, and case history, the morphology and type of a site of a subject of administration, or the
30 like. The frequency of subjecting a subject (patient) to the monitoring method of the present invention is also easily determined by those skilled in the art with respect to the purpose of use, the target disease (type, severity, etc.).
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the subject's age, size, sex, and case history, the progression of the therapy, and the like. Examples of the frequency of monitoring the state of a disease include once per day to once per several months (e.g., once per week to
5 once per month) .; (Preferably, monitoring is performed, once per week to once per month with reference to the progression..
As used herein, the term "instructions" refers to a description of the method of the present invention for
10 a person who performs administration, such as a medical doctor, a patient, or the like. Instructions state when to administer a medicament of the present invention, such as immediately after or before radiation therapy (e.g. , within 24 hours , etc. ) . The instructions are prepared in accordance
15 with a format defined by an authority of a country in which the present invention is practiced (e.g.. Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Japan, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the tt.S^, and the Julie), explicitly describing that the instructions >» ate--*-approved by the authority. -s,. ...The
20 instructions are so-called package insert and are typically provided in paper media. The instructions are not so limited and may be provided in the form of electronic media (e.g. , web sites, electronic mails, and the like provided on the Internet).
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In a therapy of the present invention, two or more pharmaceutical agents may be used as required. When two or more pharmaceutical agents are used, these agents may have similar properties or may be derived from similar origins,
30 or alternatively, may have different properties or may be derived from different origins. A method of the present invention can be used to obtain information about the drug resistance level of a method of administering two or more

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pharmaceutical agents.
In the present invention, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that once the analysis result of
5 a certain sugar chain structure has been correlated. with a level of a disease concerning a similar type of organism, culture cell, tissue, animal (e.g., a mouse for a human) or the like, a corresponding sugar chain structure can be correlated with the disease level. Such matters are
10 described and supported in, for example, "DoubutsuBaiyosaibo Manuaru (Animal Culture Cell Manual), Seno et al. eds. , Kyoritsu shuppan, 1993, the entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
15 (General techniques used herein)
Techniques used herein are within the technical scope
of the present invention unless otherwise specified. These techniques are commonly used in the fields of sugar chain, science, fluidics, micromachining, organic chemistry,
20 biochemistry, genetic engineering, molecular biology, microbiology, genetics, and their relevant fields. The techniques are well described in documents described below and the documents mentioned herein elsewhere.
2 5 Micromachining is described in, for example,
Campbell, S.A. (1996), The Science and Engineering of Microelectronic Fabrication, Oxford University Press; Zaut. P.V. (1996), Micromicroarray Fabrication: a Practical Guide to Semiconductor Processing, Semiconductor Services ; Madou,
30 M.J. (1997) , Fundamentals of Microf abrication, CRC1 5 Press; Rai-Choudhury, P. (1997), Handbook of Microlithography, Micromachining & Microfabrication: Microlithography; and the like, the relevant portions of which are hereby

incorporated by reference.
Molecular biology techniques, biochemistry techniques , and microbiology techniques used herein are well
5 known and commonly used in the art, and are described; In, for example, Maniatis, T. et al. (1989) , Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor and its 3rd Ed. (2001) ; Amusable, F.M. et al. eds, Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sons Inc., NY, 10158 (2000); Innis,
10 M.A. (1990), PCR Protocols: A Guide to Methods and Applications, Academic Press; Innis, M.A. et al. (1995), PCR Strategies, Academic Press; Sninsky, J.J. etal. (1999), PCR Applications: Protocols for Functional Genomics, Academic Press; Gait, M.J. (1985), Oligonucleotide
15 Synthesis: A Practical Approach, IRL Press; Gait, M.J. (1990) , Oligonucleotide Synthesis: A Practical Approach, IRL Press; Eckstein, F. (1991), Oligonucleotides and Analogues: A Practical Approach, IRL Press; Adams, R.L, et al. (1992), The Biochemistry of the Nucleic Acids, Chapman & Hall;
20 Shabarova, Z. et al. (1994), Advanced Organic Chemistry of Nucleic Acids, Wenham,- Blackburn, G.M. et al. (1996), Nucleic Acids in Chemistry and Biology, Oxford University Press; Hermanson, G.T. (1996), Bioconjugate Techniques, Academic Press; Method in Enzymology 230 , 242 , 247 , Academic
25 Press, 1994; Special issue, Jikken Igaku (Experimental Medicine) "Idenshi Donyu & Hatsugenkaiseki Jikkenho (Experimental Method for Gene introduction & Expression Analysis)", Yodo-sha, 1997; and the like. Relevant portions (or possibly the entirety) of each of these publications
30 are herein incorporated by reference.
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Hereinafter, the present invention will be described
by way of embodiments. Embodiments described below are
provided only for illustrative purposes . Accordingly, the
5 scope of the present invention is not limited by .the
embodiments except- as by the appended claims. It willable
clearly appreciated by those skilled in the art that
variations and modifications can be made without departing
from the scope of the present invention with reference to
10 the specification.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a recombinant herpesvirus is provided. Preferably, the herpesvirus contains a BAC vector sequence in its genome
15 sequence. By constructing a herpesvirus genome containing a BAC vector sequence, it becomes possible to handle the herpesvirus genome as the BAC molecule in bacteria. A BAC vector sequence used herein preferably contains an origin of replication derived from F plasmid, or alternatively may
20 contain any origin of replication other than an origin of replication derived from F plasmid, as long as it has a sequence of 300 kb or more and can be held and grown as a bacterial artificial sequence in bacterial cells. The BAC vector of the present invention can be maintained and/or grow in
25 bacterial host cells, preferablyE. coli cells . Preferably, a portion of the BAC vector is inserted into a non-essential region of a herpesvirus genome, so that it is possible to manipulate it as a BAC containing the herpesvirus genome. When the BAC containing the herpesvirus genome is introduced
30 into a mammalian cell, the recombinant herpesvirus can be produced and grown. As a host cell for the recombinant herpesvirus, any mammalian cell which can grow a wild-type herpesvirus strain can be used. Preferably, such a host cell

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is derived from a human, including, for example, but being not limited to, cord blood mononuclear cells, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and SupTl cells.
5 (Method f outproducing a BAC vector containing a human;? i„
herpesvirus genome*)
Various techniques (e.g., a technique using
homologous recombination) can be used to produce a BAC vector
containing a human herpesvirus by using a human herpesvirus
10 (e.g., HHV-6A, HHV-6B, or HHV-7) genome and a BAC vector.
An example of the technique using homologous recombination is a technique using a nucleic acid having a linear BAC vector sequence linked with a sequence homologous
15 to a human herpesvirus genome.
* A method for producing a BAC vector comprising a human herpesvirus genome by using a nucleic acid having;a linear: BAC vector sequence linked with a sequence homologous to
20 a human herpesvirus genome representatively comprises the steps of: (1) introducing the nucleic acid along with the human herpesvirus genome into appropriate hosts; (2) culturing the host cells to elicit homologous recombination between the homologous sequence linked with
25 the linear BAC vector sequence and the human herpesvirus genome sequence; (3) screening the host cells for one which contains the human herpesvirus genome sequence having the BAC vector sequence incorporated due to the homologous recombination; (4) culturing the host cell and extracting
30 a circular virus DNA. Examples of a host cell used in the above-described method include, but are not limited to, cord blood mononuclear cells , peripheral blood mononuclear cells , and SupTl cells.
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Examples of a technique for introducing a BAC vector into mammalian hosts include, but are not limited to, the calcium phosphate method, the electroporation method, and
5 the lipofectionomethod. By the electroporation,,piethp&;1p£r Amaxa or Bio-Rad; a large amount of genes can be efficiently introduced into T cells. For example, the electroporation method of Amaxa is performed under the following conditions . For example, cells are washed with cell wash buffer solution
10 (RPMI-1640 medium without fetal calf serum) twice. Thereafter, the cells are suspended in electroporation buffer solution (Nucleof actor slut ion supplied by the manufacture) . 1 [xg of plasmid DNA is added to the cell suspension, mixed well, and placed in a cuvette . Electroporation is performed
15 at room temperature using an appropriate program.
Alternatively, in order to produce a BAC containing a human herpesvirus genome using a human herpesvirus genome * and a BAG sequence.-various methods, such as use of .nucleic,,
20 acid fragments obtained using restriction enzymes or the like, can be employed instead of homologous recombination.
A non-essential region of the HHV-7 genome for introducing a BAC vector sequence there into selected from
25 the group consisting of: a region within the ORF of gene HI, a region within the ORF of gene DR1, a region within the ORF of gene DR2, a region within the ORF of gene H2, a region within the ORF of gene DR6, a region within the ORF of gene DR7, a region within the ORF of gene H3, a region
30 within the ORF of gene H4, a region within the ORF of gene U2, a region within the ORF of gene U3, a region within the ORF of gene U4, a region within the ORF of gene U5/7, a region within the ORF of gene U8, a region within the ORF of gene



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5 region within the ORF of gene U17a, a region within the ORF of gene U18, a region within the ORF of gene U19, a region within the ORF of gene U20, a region within the ORF of gene U21, a region within the ORF of gene U23, a region within the ORF of gene U24 , a region within the ORF of gene U24a
10 , a region within the ORF of gene U25, a region within the ORF of gene U26, a region within the ORF of gene U28, a region within the ORF of gene U32, a region within the ORF of gene U33, a region within the ORF of gene U34, a region within the ORF of gene U35, a region within the ORF of gene U36,
15 a region within the ORF of gene U37, a region within the ORF of gene U40, a region within the ORF of gene U42 , a region within the ORF of gene U44, a region within the ORF of gene U45, a region within the ORF of gene U46, a region within the ORF of gene U47, a region within the ORF of gene U49,
20 a region within the ORF of gene U50, a region within the ORF of gene U51, a region within the ORF of gene U52, a region within the ORF of gene U55A, a region within the ORF of gene U55B, a region within the ORF of gene U58, a region within the ORF of gene U59, a region within the ORF of gene U62,
25 a region within the ORF of gene U63, a region within the ORF of gene U64, a region within the ORF of gene U65, a region within the ORF of gene U67, a region within the ORF of gene U68, a region within the ORF of gene U69, a region within the ORF of gene U70, a region within the ORF of gene U71,
30 a region within the ORF of gene U75, a region within the ORF of gene U76, a region within the ORF of gene H5, a region within the ORF of gene U79. a region within the ORF of gene H6, a region within the ORF of gene U80, a region within

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the ORF of gene U81, a region within the ORF of gene U84, a region within the ORF of gene U85, a region within the ORF of gene U91, a region within the ORF of gene H7, a region within the ORF of gene U95, a region within the ORF of gene
5 H8, a region flanking the ORF of gene HI, a region flanking the ORF of gene DR1; a region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, a region flanking the ORF of gene H2, a region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, a region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, a region flanking the ORF of gene H3, a region flanking the
10 ORF of gene H4 , a region flanking the ORF of gene U2, a region flanking the ORF of gene U3, a region flanking the ORF of gene U4, a region flanking the ORF of gene U5/7, a region flanking the ORF of gene U8, a region flanking the ORF of gene U10, a region flanking the ORF of gene U12, a region
15 flanking the ORF of gene Ul 3, a region -flanking the ORF of gene U15, a region flanking the ORF of gene U16, a region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, a region flanking the ORF of gene U17, a region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, a, region flanking-the ORF or gene U18, a region flanking the ORF: of
20 gene U19, a region flanking the ORF of gene U20, a region flanking the ORF of gene U21, a region flanking the ORF of gene U23, a region flanking the ORF of gene U24 , a region flanking the ORF of gene U24a , a region flanking the ORF of gene U25, a region flanking the ORF of gene U26, a region
25 flanking the ORF of gene U28, a region flanking the ORF of gene U32, a region flanking the ORF of gene U33, a region flanking the ORF of gene U34, a region flanking the ORF of gene U35, a region flanking the ORF of gene U36, a region flanking the ORF of gene U37, a region flanking the ORF of
30 gene U40, a region flanking the ORF of gene U42, a region flanking the ORF of gene U44, a region flanking the ORF of gene U45, a region flanking the ORF of gene U46, a region flanking the ORF of gene U47, a region flanking the ORF of
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gene U49, a region flanking the ORF of gene U50, a region flanking the ORF of gene U51, a region flanking the ORF of gene U52, a region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, a region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, a region flanking the ORF
5 of gene U58, a region flanking the ORF of gene U59, a region' flanking the ORF of gene U62, a region flanking the ORF of gene U63, a region flanking the ORF of gene U64, a region flanking the ORF of gene U65, a region flanking the ORF of gene U67, a region flanking the ORF of gene U68, a region
10 flanking the ORF of gene U69, a region flanking the ORF of gene U70, a region flanking the ORF of gene U71, a region flanking the ORF of gene U75, a region flanking the ORF of gene U76, a region flanking the ORF of gene H5, a region flanking the ORF of gene U79, a region flanking the ORF of
15 gene H6, a region flanking the ORF of gene U80^ a region flanking the ORF of gene U81, a region flanking the ORF of gene U84, a region flanking the ORF of gene U85, a region flanking the ORF of "gene U91, a region flanking the ORF of gene H7, a regiOii5 flanking the ORF of gene U95, and a region^
20 flanking the ORF of gene H8.
Preferably non-essential regions in HHV-7 are ORF regions of gene U24, gene U24a, gene U25, and gene U26, or regions flanking these ORF ' s . This is because gene U24 , gene
25 U24a, gene U25, and gene U26 are contiguous non-essential genes on the HHV-7 genome, so that it is easy to design a nucleic acid for homologous recombination.
A BAC vector sequence used in the present invention
30 preferably includes a recombinant protein-dependent
recombinant sequence and/or a selectable marker.
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protein. This is because the presence of a desired gene can be easily confirmed.
According to another aspect of the present invention,
5 a vector used for production of the above-described virus and a method for producing the above-described virus are provided. According to still another aspect of the present invention, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the above-described virus and a pharmaceutical composition in
10 the form of a vaccine are provided.
The recombinant human herpesvirus of the present
invention can be used to introduce a desired antigen protein .
Therefore, for example, when an antigen which is known to
15 function as a vaccine,is introduced, the vector of the present
invention can be used as a vaccine vector.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, a method for introducing mutation into a vector
20 for producing a vaccine of the present invention is provided. The method comprises the steps of: introducing a vector into a bacterial host cell; introducing a plasmid vector containing a fragment consisting of a portion of a human herpesvirus genome into the bacterial host cell, wherein
25 the fragment has at least one mutation; culturing the bacterial host cell; and isolating a vector having a BAC vector sequence from the cultured bacterial host cell. In the above-described method, homologous recombination occurs between the vector for producing a vaccine of the present
30 invention and the plasmid vector containing the fragment consisting of the portion of the human herpesvirus genome, in bacterial host cells. As a result, the vector for producing the vaccine of the present invention has a mutation

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in the fragment consisting of the portion of the human herpesvirus genome.
In the above-described method, the step of
5 introducing the vector into bacterial host cells can be achieved by using various well-known methods, such as electroporation and the like. Similarly, the plasmid vector containing the fragment consisting of the portion of the human herpesvirus genome can be introduced into bacterial
10 host cells. As a technique for introducing a mutation into the fragment, a technique for introducing a mutation by using PCR is well known. For example, by using heat-resistant polymerase having no proofreading function, where one of the four nucleotides is in lower quantity, it is possible
15 to introduce a mutation randomly. Alternatively, by PCR using a primer having a mutated base sequence, it is possible to introduce a desired mutation into a desired site. When the bacterial cell is cultured, homologous recombination occurs between the vector for producing the vaccine of the
20 present invention and the plasmid vector containing the fragment consisting of the portion of the human herpesvirus genome. As a result, the vector for producing the vaccine of the present invention has a mutation in the fragment consisting of the portion of the human herpesvirus genome.
25 In order to prepare a BAC vector sequence from a bacterial host cell, various well-known techniques (e.g. , the alkaline method, etc.) and commercially available kits can be used.
According to another aspect of the present invention,
30 another method for introducing a mutation into a vector for
producing the vaccine of the present invention is provided.
The method comprises the steps of: introducing the vector
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containing a first fragment consisting of a portion of a human herpesvirus genome into the bacterial host cell, wherein the first fragment has at least one mutation; introducing a second plasmid vector containing a second
5 fragment consisting of a portion of the human herpesvirus genome into the bacterial host cell, wherein the second fragment has at least one mutation and the second fragment is different from the first fragment; culturing the bacterial host cell; and isolating a vector having a BAC vector sequence
10 from the cultured bacterial host cell.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a nucleic acid cassette which may be used for producing the vaccine of the present invention, is provided. The nucleic
15 acid cassette preferably comprises a first fragment capable of homologous recombination with a human herpesvirus genome in a host cell, a BAC vector sequence, and a second fragment capable of homologous recombination with a human herpesvirus. genome in the host cell, wherein the opposite ends of the
20 BAC sequence are linked with the first fragment and second fragments, respectively. In this case, the first fragment and the second fragment are preferably at least 1 kb, at least 1.5 kb, or at least 2 kb in length. The first fragment and the second fragment preferably has at least 80% identity,
25 at least 85% identity, at least 90% identity, or at least 95% identity to the human herpesvirus genome sequence.
Preferably, the first and second fragments are derived from different regions of the human herpesvirus
30 genome. The first and second fragments may be independently derived from a region flanking the ORF of gene U24 or a region flanking the ORF of gene U24a. Preferably, the BAC vector sequence comprises a recombinant protein-dependent

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5 (e.g., a green fluorescent protein, etc.). Representatively, the BAC vector sequenceJbas a nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.: 401.
In the case of HHV- 7 , preferably, the first and second
10 fragments are independently derived from regions selected from the group consisting of the following regions of the HHV-7 genome, or independently have at least 80%, 85%, 90%, or 95% identity to regions selected from the group consisting of the following regions of the HHV-7 genome: a region within
15 the ;ORF of gene HI, a region within, the ORF of gene DR1, a region within the ORF of gene DR2, a region within the; ORF of gene H2, a region within the ORF of gene DR6, a region within »the ORF of gene DR7, a region within the ORF of gene ~ H3, a region within -the ORF of gene H4, a .region within the r
20 ORF of gene U2, a region within the ORF of gene U3, a region within the ORF of gene U4, a region within the ORF of gene U5/7, a region within the ORF of gene U8, a region within the ORF of gene U10, a region within the ORF of gene U12, a region within the ORF of gene U13, a region within the
25 ORF of gene U15 , a region within the ORF of gene U16 , a region within the ORF of gene U17Ex, a region within the ORF of gene U17, a region within the ORF of gene U17a, a region within the ORF of gene U18, a region within the ORF of gene U19, a region within the ORF of gene U20, a region within
30 the ORF of gene U21, a region within the ORF of gene U23, a region within the ORF of gene U24 , a region within the ORF of gene U2 4a , a region within the ORF of gene U25, a region within the ORF of gene U26, a region within the ORF

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of gene U2 8, a region within the ORF of gene U3 2, a region within the ORF of gene U33, a region within the ORF of gene U34, a region within the ORF of gene U35, a region within the ORF of gene U36, a region within the ORF of gene U37,
5 a region within the ORF of gene U40, a region within the ORF of gene U42, a region within the ORF of gene U44, a region within the ORF of gene U45, a region within the ORF of gene U4 6, a region within the ORF of gene U47, a region within the ORF of gene U49, a region within the ORF of gene U50,
10 a region within the ORF of gene U51, a region within the ORF of gene U52, a region within the ORF of gene U55A, a region within the ORF of gene U55B, a region within the ORF of gene U58, a region within the ORF of gene U59, a region within the ORF of gene U62, a region within the ORF of gene
15 U63, a region within the ORF of gene U64, a region within
the ORF of gene U65, a region within the ORF of gene U67,
a region-within the'ORF of gene U68, a region within the
ORF of gene U69, a region within the ORF of gene:U70, a region:
20 U75, a region within the ORF of gene U76, a region within the ORF of gene H5, a region within the ORF of gene U79, a region within the ORF of gene H6, a region within the ORF of gene U80, a region within the ORF of gene U81, a region within the ORF of gene U84, a region within the ORF of gene
25 U85, a region within the ORF of gene U91, a region within the ORF of gene H7, a region within the ORF of gene U95, a region within the ORF of gene H8, a region flanking the ORF of gene HI, a region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, a region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, a region flanking the
30 ORF of gene H2, a region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, a region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, a region flanking the ORF of gene H3, a region flanking the ORF of gene H4, a region flanking the ORF of gene U2, a region flanking the ORF of

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gene U3, a region flanking the ORF of gene U4 , a region flanking the ORF of gene US/1, a region flanking the ORF of gene U8, a region flanking the ORF of gene U10, a region flanking the ORF of gene U12, a region flanking the ORF of gene U13,
5 a region flanking the ORF of gene U15, a region flanking the ORF of gene U16, a region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, a region flanking the ORF of gene U17, a region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, a region flanking the ORF of gene U18, a region flanking the ORF of gene U19, a region flanking
10 the ORF of gene U20, a region flanking the ORF of gene U21, a region flanking the ORF of gene U23, a region flanking the ORF of gene U24 , a region flanking the ORF of gene U24a , a region flanking the ORF of gene U25, a region flanking the ORF of gene U26, a region flanking the ORF of gene U28,
15 a region flanking the ORF of gene U32, a region flanking the ORF of gene U33, a region flanking the ORF of gene U34, a region flanking the ORF of gene U35, a region flanking the ORF of gene U36, a region flanking the ORF of gene U37, a region flanking the ORF of gene U40, a region flanking
20 the ORF of gene U4 2, a region flanking the ORF of gene U44, a region flanking the ORF of gene U45, a region flanking the ORF of gene U46, a region flanking the ORF of gene U47, a region flanking the ORF of gene U49, a region flanking the ORF of gene U50, a region flanking the ORF of gene U51,
25 a region flanking the ORF of gene U52, a region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, a region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, a region flanking the ORF of gene U58, a region flanking the ORF of gene U59, a region flanking the ORF of gene U62, a region flanking the ORF of gene U63, a region flanking
30 the ORF of gene U64, a region flanking the ORF of gene U65, a region flanking the ORF of gene U67, a region flanking the ORF of gene U68, a region flanking the ORF of gene U69, a region flanking the ORF of gene U70, a region flanking
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5 ORF of gene U80, a region flanking the ORF of gene U81, a , region flanking the ORF of gene U84, a region flanking the ORF of gene U85, a region flanking the ORF of gene U91, a region flanking the ORF of gene H7, a region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and a region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
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Preferably, the first and second fragments are derived from different regions of the human herpesvirus genome. The first and second fragments may be independently derived from a region flanking the ORF of gene U24 or a region
15 flanking the ORF of gene U24a. Preferably, the BAC vector
sequence comprises a recombinant , protein-dependent.
recombinant sequence and/or a selectable marker in order
....:' to control homologous recombination and easily, detect a
desired gene. The selectable marker may. be either a ,drug
20 selectable marker or a gene encoding a fluorescent protein (e.g., a green fluorescent protein, etc.). Representatively, the BAC vector sequence has a nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.: 401.
25 (Preparation of recombinant herpesvirus containing
a foreign gene)
Amethodof the present invention can be used to easily prepare a herpesvirus having a herpesvirus genome into which a foreign gene is introduced. 30
Such mutation introduction can be performed by using a method described below regarding, for example, HHV-7.
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Into E. coli, (a) HHV-7-U21-27-BAC plasmid (a plasmid containing the HHV- 7 genome and a BAC vector sequence) and (b) a nucleic acid encoding a mutated foreign gene (e.g. , a shuttle vector or a PCR product) having a desired foreign
5' gene and partial sequences of a herpesvirus genome linked with the opposite ends of the foreign gene,,, are.introduced. Homologous recombination is allowed to occur between HHV-7-U21-27-BAC plasmid and the shuttle vector or PCR product, so that a foreign gene mutation can be introduced
10 intoHHV-7-U21-27-BACplasmid. Alternatively, atransposon can be used to randomly introduce a mutation into a desired nucleic acid sequence. The HHV-7-U21-27-BAC plasmid into which the foreign gene has been introduced, can be easily selected and grown in E. coli. By causing HHV-7-U21-27-BAC
15 having the foreign gene to produce a virus, the recombinant herpesvirus can be obtained (Markus xWagner,, TRENDS in Microbilogy, Vol. 10, No. 7, July 2002), Specific examples will be described below.
20 (1) Use of a temperature sensitive shuttle vector
containing a foreign gene nucleic acid:
Firstly, the shuttle vector and HHV-7-U21-27-BAC plasmid are allowed to recombine via a first homologous region to generate a cointegrate in which the shuttle vector is
25 linked with HHV-7-U21-27-BAC plasmid. Next, since the replication origin of the shuttle vector is temperature-sensitive, the shuttle plasmid is removed.. In a second recombination event, the cointegrated portion is removed. When the second recombination event occurs via the
30 first homologous region, a plasmid having the same sequence as that of HHV-7-U21-27-BAC used for the recombination is generated. In contrast, when the second recombination event occurs via a second homologous region different from the

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first homologous region, amodifiedHHV-7-U21-27-BAC plasmid having the foreign gene contained in the shuttle vector is obtained. When the first homologous region and the second homologous region have substantially the same length, the
5 probability that the second recombination event occurs in the-second homologous region is substantialiyojthe same as the probability that the second recombination event occurs in the first homologous region. Therefore, about half of the resultant HHV-7-U21-27-BAC plasmids are plasmids having 10 the same sequence as that which has been used in the recombination, while about half thereof are plasmids having the foreign gene which has been introduced into the shuttle vector.
15 (2) Use of a linear DNA fragment: *
In this method, for example, by utilizing the recombination function of reset derived from prophage Rac or the recombination function of redctpV derived from bacteriophage X, a linear DNA fragment is used to introduce
20 a mutation into a circular HHV-7-U21-27-BAC molecule. Specifically, a selectable marker flanking a target sequence and a linear DNA fragment containing a homologous sequence are introduced along with HHV-7-U21-27-BAC into E. coll capable of homologous recombination. In order to avoid the
25 degradation of the linear DNA within E. coll, it is preferable to use E. coll lacking exonuclease or cause expression of redy (gam) which is an exonuclease inhibitor derived from a bacteriophage. The linear DNA has a region homologous to HHV-7-U21-27-BAC plasmid on the opposite ends thereof.
30 Homologous recombination occurs via the homologous region, thereby making it possible to introduce a desired sequence of the linear DNA fragment into HHV-7-U21-27-BAC. RecET and reda(5 exhibit homologous recombination via a homologous

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sequence having a length of about 25 to 50 nucleotides. Therefore, the recombination functions of RecET and redafican be used more easily than recA-mediated homologous recombination.
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(3) Use of a transposon:
The function of a transposon element to insert into a nucleic acid in£. coli is used. For example, a transposon element containing a desired foreign gene and
10 HHV-7-U21-27-BAC are introduced into E. coli so that the transposon element is randomly inserted into HHV-7-U21-27-BAC. Thereby, HHV-7-U21-27-BAC having the inserted foreign gene is obtained.
15 The above-described method for preparing
recombinant HHV-7 containing a foreign gene can be applied
to HHV-6.
(Effect of HIV therapy using the recombinant HHV-7 20 of the present invention (prevention of infection))
HIV infects CD4+ T cells. It is known that HIV infection is prevented or healed by the treatment of CD4+ T cells with HHV-7 (Lusso et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, vol. 91, 3872-3876, April 1994). This therapeutic
25 effect is achieved by HHV-7 infecting CD4+ T cells via the CD4 receptor on the T cells. Therefore, recombinant HHV-7 which has infectious capacity to CD4+ T cells can be prepared by a method of the present invention and can be used for the prevention and/or therapy of HIV infection.
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Examples of target cells used for measurement include, but are not limited to, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, CD4+ cells, SupTl cells, and the like. More specifically, for example, measurement can be performed as follows.
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Target cells are previously infected with HHV-7 at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 0.1, followed by culturing at 37°C for 24 to 72 hours. Thereafter, HIV is added, followed by incubation for 30 minutes to 2 hours.
10 Thereafter, the cells are well washed, and incubated again. After 4 days of incubation, HIV-derived antigens released in culture medium are quantities. As a control, cells which have not been subjected to HHV-7 infection are infected with HIV under the same conditions, and antigens released into
15 culture medium are measured. An example of an HIV-derived antigen is. but is not limited to, p24. The quantity of the antigen serves as an index of HIV growth. Therefore, if the antigen quantity is small compared to that of the control, the HIV infection preventing effect of HHV-7 is demonstrated.
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The therapeutic effect on HIV infection of HHV-7 of the present invention can be measured by determining whether or not HHV-7 suppresses the growth ability of HIV in target cells. Examples of target cells used for measurement
25 include, but are not limited to, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, CD4+ cells, SupTl cells, and the like. More specifically, for example, measurement can be performed as follows.
30 Target cells are coinfected with HIV and HHV-7 (MOI
of 0.1 to 0.01) . After coinfection, the infected cells are incubated for about 30 minutes to 2 hours. Thereafter, the cells are well washed, and incubated again. As a control.

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cells which have been subjected to HIV infection without HHV-7 infection are used. After 4 days of incubation, HIV-derived antigens in culture medium are quantitated. An example of an HIV-derived antigen is, but is not limited
5 to, p24. The quantity of the antigen serves as an index of HIV growth. Therefore, if the antigen quantity is small compared to that of the control, the HIV infection preventing effect of HHV-7 is demonstrated.
10 (HIV therapy using recombinant HHV-7 and HHV-6 of
the present invention)
Recombinant HHV-7 or HHV-6 of the present invention can be used to treat HIV. For example, a silencer gene for a HIV gene is introduced into recombinant HHV-7, and the
15 recombinant HHV-7 is administered into HIV patients. When CD4* T cells infected with HIV are infected with recombinant HHV-7, the production of HIV is suppressed. As a result, a therapeutic effect is exhibited on HIV infection.
20 Alternatively, since opportunistic infection is
caused by CMV (cytomegalovirus), it is possible to enhance a defense against CMV using recombinant HHV-7 in which an antigen is incorporated.
25 (Formulation)
The present invention also provides methods of treatment and/or prevention of diseases or disorders (e.g. , infectious diseases) by administration to a subject of an effective amount of a therapeutic/prophylactic agent. By
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The therapeutic/prophylactic agent will be formulated and dosed in a fashion consistent with goodmedical practice, taking into account the clinical condition of the
5 individual patient (especially the side effects of treatment with the therapeutic/prophylactic agentalone), the site of delivery, the method of administration, the scheduling of administration, and other factors known to those skilled in the art. The "effective amount" for purposes herein is
10 thus determined by such considerations.
As a general proposition, the total pharmaceutically effective amount of the therapeutic/prophylactic agent administered parenterally per dose will be in the range of
15 about 1 [xg/kg/day to 10 mg/kg/day of patient body weight, although, as, noted above, this will be subject to ■therapeutic discretion. More preferably, this dose is - at least 0.01 mg/kg/day, and most preferably for humans between, about 0.01 and 1 mg/kg/day for the cellular physiologically active
20 material of the present invention. If given continuously, the therapeutic/prophylactic agent is typically administered at a dose rate of about 1 ng/kg/hour to about 50 jAg/kg/hour, either by 1-4 injections per day or by continuous subcutaneous infusions, for example, using a
25 mini-pump. An intravenous bag solution may also be employed. The length of treatment needed to observe changes and the interval following treatment for responses to occur appears to vary depending on the desired effect.
30 The therapeutic/prophylactic agents can be
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transdermal patch) , or as an oral or nasal spray. "Pharmaceutically acceptable carrier" refers to a non-toxic solid, semisolid or liquid filler, diluent, encapsulating material or formulation auxiliary of any type. The term
5 parenterally" as used herein refers to modes of administration which include intravenous, intramuscular,.intraperit6heal, intrasternal, subcutaneous and intraarticular injection and infusion.
10 The therapeutic/prophylactic agents of the
invention are also suitably administered by sustained-release systems. Suitable examples of sustained-release therapeutic/prophylactic agents are administered orally, rectally, parenterally,
15 intracistemally. intravaginally, intraperit-Oneally, topically (as by powders, ointments, gels,/ drops or transdermal patch), or as an oral, or nasal spray. "Pharmaceutically acceptable carrier" refers to sirion-toxic" solid, semisolid or liquid filler, diluent, encapsulating
20 material or formulation auxiliary of any type. The term " parenteral" as used herein refers to modes of administration which include intravenous , intramuscular, intraperitoneal, intrasternal, subcutaneous and intraarticular injection and infusion.
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For parenteral administration, in one embodiment, the therapeutic/prophylactic agent is formulated generally by mixing it at the desired degree of purity, in a unit dosage injectable form (solution, suspension, or emulsion), with
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not include oxidizing agents and other compounds that are known to be deleterious to the therapeutic/prophylactic agent.
5 Generally, the formulations are prepared by
contacting the5 therapeutic/prophylactic ic agent uniformly arid intimately with liquid carriers or finely divided solid carriers or both. Then, if necessary, the product is shaped into the desired formulation. Preferably the carrier is a
10 parenteral carrier, more preferably a solution that is isotonic with the blood of the recipient. Examples of such carrier vehicles include water, saline. Ringer's solution, and dextrose solution. Non-aqueous vehicles such as fixed oils and ethyl oleate are also useful herein, as well as
15 liposomes.
The carrier suitably contains minor amounts of additives Such as substances that enhance isotonicity and chemical stability. Such materials are non-toxic to
20 recipients at the dosages and concentrations employed, and include buffers such as phosphate, citrate, succinate, acetic acid, and other organic acids or their salts; antioxidants such as ascorbic acid; low molecular weight (less than about ten residues) polypeptides, e.g., polyarginine or
25 tripeptides; proteins, such as serum albumin, gelatin, or immunoglobulins; hydrophilic polymers such as polyvinylpyrrolidone; amino acids , such as glycine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, or arginine; monosaccharides, disaccharides, and other carbohydrates including cellulose
30 or its derivatives, glucose, manose, or dextrins; chelating agents such as EDTA; sugar alcohols such as mannitol or sorbitol; counterions such as sodium; and/or nonionic surfactants such as polysorbates, poloxamers, or PEG.

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Any pharmaceutical used for therapeutic administration can be free from organisms and viruses other than a virus as an effective ingredient, i.e., sterile.
5 Sterility is readily accomplished by filtration, through sterile filtration, membranes (e.g., 0 . 2 micron membranes). Therapeutic/prophylactic agents generally are placed into a container having a sterile access port, for example, an intravenous solution bag or vial having a stopper pierceable
10 by a hypodermic injection needle.
Therapeutic/prophylactic agents ordinarily will be stored in unit or multi-dose containers , for example, sealed ampoules or vials, as an aqueous solution or as a lyophilized
15 formulation for reconstitution. As an example of a lyophilized formulation, 10-ml vials are filled with 5 ml of sterile-filtered 1% (w/v) aqueous therapeutic /prophylactic agent solution, and the resulting mixture is lyophilxzed. The infusion solution is prepared
20 by reconstituting the lyophilized therapeutic/prophylactic agent using bacteriostatic Water-for-injection.
The invention also provides a pharmaceutical pack or kit comprising one or more containers filled with one
25 or more of the ingredients of the therapeutic/prophylactic agents of the invention. Associated with such container (s) can be a notice in the form prescribed by a governmental agency regulating the manufacture, use or sale of pharmaceuticals or biological products, which notice
30 reflects approval by the agency of manufacture, use or sale for human administration. In addition, the therapeutic/prophylactic agents may be employed in conjunction with other therapeutic compounds.
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The therapeutic/prophylactic agents of the invention may be administered alone or in combination with other therapeutic/prophylactic agents. ;
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The .therapeutic/prophylactic agents . of the,
invention may be administered alone or in combination with
other therapeutic agents . Therapeutic/prophylactic agents
that may be administered in combination with the
10 therapeutic/prophylactic agents of the invention, include but not limited to, chemotherapeutic agents, antibiotics, steroidal and no steroidal anti-inflammatories, conventional immunotherapeutic agents, cytokines and/or growth factors. Combinations may be administered either
15 concomitantly, e.g.. as an admixture, separately but simultaneously or concurrently; or sequentially. This includes presentations in which the combined agents are administered together as a therapeutic mixture, and also procedures in. which the combined agents are. administered
20 separately but simultaneously, e.g., as through separate intravenous lines into the same individual. Administration "in combination" further includes the separate administration of one of the compounds or agents given first, followed by the second.
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In certain embodiments, the therapeutic/prophylactic agents of the invention are administered in combination with antiretroviral agents, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, nonnucleoside
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therapeutic/prophylactic agents of the invention are administered in combination with an antibiotic agent. Antibiotic agents that maybe used include, but are not limited to, aminoglycoside antibiotics, polyene antibiotics,
5 penicillin antibiotics, cephem antiboitics-, peptide antibiotics, microride antibiotics, and tetracycline antibiotics.
In an additional embodiment, the
10 therapeutic/prophylactic agents of the invention are administered alone or in combination with an anti-inflammatory agent. Anti-inflammatory agents that may be administered with the therapeutic/prophylactic agents of the invention include, but are not limited to,
15 glucocorticoids and the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories, aminoarylcarboxylie acid derivatives, arylacetic acid derivatives, arylbutyric acid derivatives, arylcarboxylic acids, arylpropionic acid derivatives, pyrazoles. pyrazolones, -salicylic acid ,, derivatives,
20 thiaz inecarboxamides, e-acetamidocaproic acid, S-adenosylmethionine, 3-amino-4hydroxybutyric acid, amixetrine, bendazac, benzydamine, bucolome, difenpiramide, ditazol, emorfazone, guaiazulene, nabumetone, nimesulide, orgotein, oxaceprol, paranyline, perisoxal, pifoxime,
25 proquazone, proxazole, and tenidap.
In a further embodiment, the
therapeutic/prophylactic agent of the present invention is
administered in combination with other
30 therapeutic/prophylactic regimens (e.g., radiation
therapy).
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by way of examples. However, the present invention is not limited to these examples.
(Example 1)
5 (Preparation of recombinant herpesvirus)
(1: Preparation of BAC plasmid)
Plasmid PHA-2 used was kindly provided by Markus Wagner and Ulrich H. Koszinowski (Adler et al. , (2000), J. Virol. 74: 6964-74). To prepare a recombinant virus, a BAC
10 vector was inserted into the center of a region of about 4000 bp extending over gene U21, gene U23, gene U24, gene U24a, gene U25, and gene U26. This is because the insertion of a foreign nucleic acid into such a non-essential region was expected to have no adverse effect on the replication
15 of herpesvirus. A scheme of inserting a BAC vector into the HHV-7; genome is schematically shown in Figure 1.
The genomic DNA of herpesvirus strain KHR was used as' a template to amplify primers BAC7-E1
20 (ATGCGGCCGCGCGAGTGATAGGTACTTTCT) (SEQ ID NO. : 402) and BAC7-E2 (GCTTAATTAATATATAAGTCCTTCAATAGC) (SEQ ID NO. : 403) , and primers BAC7-E3 (GCTTAATTAACATGCTCTGCAATGCAAGCC) (SEQ ID NO.: 404) and BAC7-E4 (ATGCGGCCGCAAATAGCCTTTGCTCATAGC) (SEQ ID NO.: 405).
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(2: Preparation of recombinant virus by homologous recombination)
The prepared plasmid pHA-2/HHV7-U21-27 contains a guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (gpt) gene as a selectable
30 marker. The BAC vector sequence is sandwiched between two loxP sequences. Therefore, the BAC vector sequence sandwiched between the loxP sequences can be efficiently removed by the action of Cre recombinase . In addition, cells
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into which the plasmid containing the BAC vector sequence has been introduced can be easily confirmed by the fluorescence of a green fluorescent protein (GFP).
5 The plasmid was digestedwithNotl for linearization .
Nucleofection unit (Amaxa) was used to transfect cord blood mononuclear cells cultured in a 25-cm2 plastic flask with 1 ng of the linearized pHA-2/HHV7U21-27 by electroporation. One day after transfection, the transfected cells were 10 infected with herpesvirus KHR strain.
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Mycophenolic acid (12.5 (xg/ml) and 100 (xg/ml xanthine were used to screen recombinant viruses based on the gpt gene. In the cord blood mononuclear cells, the cytopathic effect (CPE) typical for herpesvirus was observed. Some of the cells could be confirmed under a microscope to express the GFP. This result indicates that the cord blood mononuclear cell having the introduced pHA-2/HHV-7-U21-U27 were infected with herpesvirus. The GFP-positive infected cells were cultured for 7 days, and then co-cultured with newly separated and cultured cord blood mononuclear cells for infection. The proportion of cells expressing GFP was increased in the presence of mycophenolic acid and xanthine. This indicates that the BAC vector was inserted into the herpesvirus genome and a recombinant virus was produced (Figure 2).
(3: Enrichment of recombinant virus and
introduction of it into E. coll)
30 A recombinant virus was enriched by selection using
the gpt gene in combination with mycophenolic acid and xanthine. The recombinant virus was used to infect SupTl cells . After 6 hours , the cells were recovered and circular
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DNA was extracted from the cells . The circular DNA collected from the SupTl cells was introduced into E. coll. The E. coli cells were disseminated on plates containing drugs. DNA was extracted from colonies which appeared on the plates .
5 From the infected cells, circular virus DNA was extracted by Hirt's method (Hirt, (1967), J. M. Biol, 26: 365-9). The extracted DNA was introduced into E. coli DH10B by the electroporation method (0.1-cm cuvette, 2.5 kV) using the gene pulser (Bio-Rad) for transformation. E. coli
10 containing HHV-7U21-27-BAC was obtained by screening on agar containing 17 p.g/ml chloramphenicol.
4: Stability of HHV-7-U21-27-BACplasmidinE. coli)
HHV-7U21-27-BAC was extracted from the bacteria
15 using the NucleoBond PC 100 kit (Macherey-Nagel) in
accordance with the protocol accompanying the kit. The
resultant two clones were digested with restriction
enzyme EcoRI.
20 (5: Production of virus from HHV-7-U21-27-BAC)
HHV-7U21-27-BAC DNA (1 \ig) was introduced into cord blood mononuclear cells (5xl06 to 107) cultured in a 25-cm2 plastic flask by the electroporation method. Electroporation was conducted using the nucleofactor kit
25 (Amaxa) using the program T-08 in accordance with its manual. After electroporation, the mononuclear cells having the introduced gene were cultured in medium containing PHA (phytohemagglutinin) for 3 to 7 days.
30 Three to seven days after electroporation, the cord
blood mononuclear cells were recovered, and were co-cultured with cord blood mononuclear cells (5xl06 to 107) which were newly stimulated with PHA. In this case, the cells were
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cultured in PHA-free medium which contained drugs (MPA, xanthine). After coculturing, viral production was observed on day 2 to 3.
5 (6V Cutting out of BAC vector sequence^
Recombinant adenovirus (AxCANCre) capable1- of expressing Cre recombinase (Tanaka M. et al., J. Virol., 2003 Jan; 77(2): 1382-1391) was kindly provided by Yasushi Kawaguchi of the Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Cord
10 blood mononuclear cells were infected with the recombinant adenovirus at a MOI of 100 . After 2 hours of virus adsorption, the cells were washed with PBS(-), followed by culturing in RPMI medium containing 5% FCS . The cord blood mononuclear cells were super infected with recombinant human herpesvirus
15 24 hours after infection with recombinant adenovirus.- A-■ control experiment' was conducted to confirm- that the recombinant adenovirus expressed Cre recombinase and a BAC vector sequence was efficiently cut out ; from the HHV- 7U21-2 7 -BAC genome. The result of DNA sequencing of-the
20 obtained human herpesvirus confirmed that a BAC vector sequence was cut from HHV-7U21-27-BAC.
(Example 2)
Characterization of a recombinant herpesvirus 25 1. Recombinant viral replication
We confirmed the replication ability of the recombinant viruses prepared according to the method described in Example 1. Cord blood mononuclear cells were infected with the recombinant viruses, and cultured up to Day 7. Then, the
30 viral infected cord blood cells and SupTl cells were co-cultured (for 40 minutes at 37°C, shaking at 3,000rpm). The infected cells were observed with a fluorescent microscope. This observation confirmed GFP expression and
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the cytopathic effects in the cells. The results show that the herpesvirus of the present invention spread into the cell population and retains replication ability.
5 2. Comparison of recombinant viruses for replication ability
The method for comparing the replication abilities between a recombinant virus and the wild type virus it was derived from include, but are not limited to, the following
10 methods, as well as the TCID50 method described in the following section: (1) a method of detecting viral replication, which comprises examining expression of viral late proteins in non-infected cells with a fluorescent antibody technique, and examining viral infection of
15 non-infected cellsjby applying expression of the viral late proteins as indices; (2) a method of detecting viral replication, which comprises combining infected and nan-Infected cells ^examining the expression of late proteins in the non-infected cells. and examining viral infection
20 of non-infected cells by applying expression of the viral late proteins as indices; (3) a method of detecting viral replication, which comprises combining infected and non-infected cells , examining the expression of GFP proteins in the non-infected cells, and examining viral infection
25 of non-infected cells by applying expression of the viral late proteins as indices; and ( 4 ) a method of detecting viral replication by using, as indices, cytopathic effects caused by viral infections. Although a TCID 50 method is illustrated as a testing method for recombinant virus in the following
30 section, the present invention is not limited to the TCID 50 method.
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HHV-7 (KHR strain) and the obtained recombinant herpesvirus are compared in terms of growth ability in cord blood mononuclear cells or SupTl cells using the Median tissue culture infectious dose (TCID50) method. Cord blood
5 mononuclear ceils are infected with KHR strain and recombinant virus having the same titer, followed by culturing from Day 0 to Day 7. Thereafter, new cord blood mononuclear cells or SupTl cells are infected with the viruses to compare the replication ability thereof . Thus , the titers
10 thereof are measured by the TCID method.
(Example 3)
The method of the present invention is used to readily
15 prepare a herpesvirus having a genome into which an HIV silencer gene (e.g., an antisense nucleic acid to an HIV gene) by steps described below.
A shuttle vector is prepared, in which the NFicB/Spl
20 site of the U3 site of LTR in HIV is operatively linked upstream
of the HIV silencer gene, and a region flanking a non-essential
gene of HHV-7 is linked to the opposite ends of the resultant
sequence. The shuttle vector and HHV-7U21-27-BAC plasmid
(a plasmid containing the HHV-7 genome and a BAC vector
25 sequence) are introduced into E. coll. As a result,
homologous recombination occurs between the
HHV-7-U21-27-BAC plasmid and the shuttle vector in the E.
coll to produce a cointegrate in which the foreign gene (HIV
silencer gene) contained in the shuttle vector is introduced
30 into the HHV-7U21-27-BAC plasmid.
Next, since the replication origin of the shuttle vector is temperature-sensitive, the shuttle plasmid is
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removed. In a second recombination event, the cointegrated portion is removed. When the second recombination event occurs via a first homologous region, a plasmid having the same sequence as that of HHV-7U21-27-BAC used in the
5 recombination is generated. In contrast, when the second recombination event occurs via a second homologous region different from the first homologous region, a modified HHV-7U21-27-BAC plasmid having a foreign gene contained in the shuttle vector is obtained. When the first homologous
10 region and the second homologous region have substantially the same length, the probability that the second recombination event occurs in the second homologous region is substantially the same as the probability that the second recombination event occurs in the first homologous region.
15 Therefore, about half of the resultant HHV-7-U21-27-BAC plasmids are plasmids having the same sequence as that which has been used in the recombination, while about half thereof are plasmids having the foreign gene which has been introduced into the shuttle vector.
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The plasmid containing the HIV silencer is used to prepare a recombinant HHV-7 virus. The recombinant virus can be used to treat HIV infection.
25 (Example 4)
(Preparation of recombinant herpesvirus vaccine)
According to the present invention, it is possible
to prepare a mutant recombinant herpesvirus having an
incorporated gene encoding a desired vaccine antigen using
30 techniques described below, and use it as a vaccine.
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Example 1, SupTl cells are inoculated and cultured in 20 Roux bottles having a culture area of 210 cm2. After culture completion, the culture medium is discarded, and the infected cells are rinsed out twice with 200 ml of PBS( - ). Thereafter,
5 20 ml of 0.03%(w/v) EDTA-3Na are applied to the infected cells in the Roux bottles, which exfoliated the infected cells from the inner walls of the bottles to become suspended. The suspension are colleted as a pool, subjected to centrifugation at 2,000 rpm for 10 minutes at 4° C to pellet
10 the infected cells. The pellets are re-suspended in 100 ml of PBS(-) and freeze/thawed one time. Then, the suspension is subjected to ultrasonication (20 KHz, 150 mA, 0.3 s/ml) on ice and subjected to centrifugation at 3,000 rpm for 20 minutes at 4°C, and the supernatant containing viruses
15 released from the cells is collected, which is used as a live vaccine stock solution. A 30 ml sample is extracted from the stock solution for subsequent testing, and the 70 ml remainder is combined together with sucrose.and geltin hydrolysate dissolved in PBS(-), such that the final
20 concentrations of the sucrose and gelatin hydrolysate, which are stabilizer for the vaccine, are 5%(w/v) and 2.5%(w/v), respectively, finally forming the final bulk of the live vaccine. A 30 ml sample is extracted from the final bulk solution for subsequent testing, and the remainder is divided
25 into 3 ml-vials with each vial containing 0 . 5 ml of the solution, and lyophilized, thereafter, filled with nitrogen gas, and sealed in an air-tight manner. The ampoules of the vaccine obtained are stored at 4°C, and used by adding 0.5 ml of distilled injectable water to dissolve the dried contents
30 in the ampoules completely, just before application of the vaccine. Further, the sample from the above vaccine stock solution, and the twenty ampoules, are subjected to assay. The assay was performed in conformity with the Biological
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5 of, and to confirm eligibility for a live vaccine^ , The results of the assay indicate that the above ampoules have a virus content of 2xl04 PFU(plaque-forming unit)/0.5 ml, and the vaccines which meet the requirements of a live vaccine can be eligible for subsequent applications.
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(Example 5)
(Prevention of HIV infection)
The method of Lusso et al. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, vol. 91, 3872 to 3876, April 1994) is used to confirm
15 that the recombinant HHV-7 of the present invention has an HIV infection preventing effect.
CD4* T cells, are isolated from the peripheral blood , of healthy adults by negative immunological magnet selection
20 using mouse monoclonal antibodies (e.g. , Becton Dickinson) for CD8, CD14, CD19, CD20 and CD56, and anti-mouse IgG antiserum (e.g., Dyane, Great Neck, NY). The cells are stimulated with 1 jxg /ml of purified phyt ©hem agglutinin (e.g. , Well come) , followed by growth in the presence of 10 units/ml
25 partially purified IL-2 (e.g. , Boehringer Mannheim) . Thus, CD4+ T cells are prepared.
The HIV infection preventing effect of HHV-7 of the
present invention can be measured by determining whether
30 or not the HIV replication ability in CD4+ T cell is suppressed
by HHV-7. More specifically, the following procedure is
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CD4+ T cells (106) are infected with HHV-7 at a MOI of 0.01 to 0.1, followed by culturing at 37°C for 48 hours. Thereafter, HIV (amount: 105 cpm of reverse transcriptase) is added, followed by incubation for 37 minutes to 1 hour.
5 Thereafter, the cells are well washed, and incubated again in a 24-well plate. In the post-wash incubation, IL-2 (10 units/ml) is added to culture medium. After 4 days of incubation (cell survival rate: more than 80%) , p24 protein released in culture medium is quantitated with ELISA. As
10 a control, cells which have not been subjected to HHV-7 infection are infected with HIV under the same conditions, and p24 protein released into culture medium are measured. The quantity of p24 protein serves as an index of HIV replication. Therefore, if the quantity of p24 protein is
15 small compared to that of the control,, the HIV infection preventing effect of HHV-7 is demonstrated,
(Example 6)
(Therapy of HIV infection)
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HHV-7 targets CD4 which is a target (entrance) of HIV for infection. Therefore, CD4 has been demonstrated to be able to be used for the prevention of HIV infection. In contrast, HHV-6, which is also a virus capable of infecting CD4+ T cells as with HHV-7 and HIV, has a target protein different from that of HHV-7 or HIV. Therefore, HHV-6 can be used as a gene therapy vector for HIV infection by, for example, introducing a gene suitable for therapy, such as a suicide gene or the like, into HIV infected cells. More specifically, the following technique can be used.
CD4+ T cells are prepared using the same method as described in Example 5. HIV is added to CD4+ T cells (106) , followed by incubation at 37°C for 1 hour. Thereafter, the
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cells are well washed. The HIV infected cells are infected with HHV-6 (recombinant HHV-6 virus laking a gene activating the LTR of HIV) at a MOI of 1. IL-2 (10 units/ml) is added to the culture medium, followed by incubation at 37°C for
5 1 hour. After incubation, p24 protein released into the culture medium is quantitated with ELISA. As a control, cells which have not been subjected to HHV-6 treatment are used, and p24 protein released into culture medium is measured. The quantity of p24 protein serves as an index of HIV
10 replication. Therefore, if the quantity of p24 protein is small compared to that of the control, the HIV infection preventing effect of HHV-6 is demonstrated.
Although certain preferred embodiments have been
15 described herein, it is not intended that such embodiments be construed as limitations on the scope of the invention except as set forth in the appended claims. Various other modifications and equivalents will be apparent to and can be readily made by those skilled in the art, after reading
20 the description herein, without departing from the scope and spirit of this invention. All patents , published patent applications and publications cited herein are incorporated by reference as if set forth fully herein.
25 The present invention provides a method of or producing
a recombinant herpesvirus from a single virus strain using, for example, BAC (E. coli artificial chromosome), and a recombinant herpesvirus produced by the method. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition
30 comprising a recombinant herpesvirus.
Further, the present invention provides a vector comprising a herpesvirus genomic gene and a BAC vector
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Further, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a recombinant herpesvirus for the prevention and therapy of HIV infection.
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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A recombinant herpesvirus for gene transfer into lymphoid cells.
2. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 1, comprising BAC vector sequence.
3. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 2, wherein at least part of the BAC vector sequence is inserted into a non-essential region of a herpesvirus genome.
4. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 3, wherein the
non-essential region is selected from the group consisting
of the following regions of HHV-7:
the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7. the region in the ORF of gene H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF
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of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36 , the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49 , the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55A, the region in the ORF of gene U55B, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69. the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene H7, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene H2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene H3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene H4 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking
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the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U10 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36. the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene
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U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking th.e ORF of gene U79. the region flanking the ORF of gene H6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
5. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 4, wherein the non-essential region is the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, or the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a.
6. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 3, wherein the non-essential region is selected from the group consisting of the following regions of HHV-6A or HHV-6B:
the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4, the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJl, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9, the region in the ORF of gene UIO, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the
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ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13 , the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U2i; the region in the ORF of gene U22, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49. the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the1 ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U7 5, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U83, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF
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of gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene U93, the region in the ORF of gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene U94, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96, the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the, region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR8, the region flanking the ORF of gene LJl, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2. the region flanking the ORF of gene U3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 , the region, flanking the ORF of gene U9 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region
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flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
7. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 6, wherein the non-essential region is the region flanking the ORF of gene
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U5 of HHV-6, or the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 of HHV-6.
8. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 3, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises a recombinant protein dependent recombinant sequence.
9. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 3, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises a selectable marker.

10. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 9, wherein the selectable marker is drug selectable marker.
11. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 9, wherein the selectable marker is a gene encoding green fluorescent protein.
12. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 3, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from a wild type strain.
13. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 3, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from a mutant type strain.
14. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 3, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from HHV-7 KHR strain.
15. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 3, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from HHV-6A U1102 strain or HHV-6B HST strain.
16. The recombinant herpesvirus of claim 3, wherein the BAC
vector sequence comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID
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17. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the virus of claim 1.
18. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 17. wherein the composition is in the form of vaccine.
19. A vector comprising a human herpesvirus essential gene and a BAC vector sequence.
20 . The vector of claim 19 , wherein a mammalian cell produces a recombinant herpesvirus when the vector is introduced into the mammalian cell.
21. The vector of claim 20, wherein a portion where a sequence derived from the herpesvirus genome is linked to the BAC vector sequence is within a non-essential region of the herpesvirus genome.
22 . The vector of claim 21, wherein the non-essential region is selected from the group consisting of the following regions of HHV-7:
the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene
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U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47. the region in the ORF of gene U49,* the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55A. the region in the ORF of gene U55B, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene H7, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the
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region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene H2 , the region f lanking the ORF of geneDR6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene H3, the region flanking the ORF of geneH4 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8, the region f lanking the ORF of gene U10 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the
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region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region 'flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene H6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8A, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
23. The vector of claim 22, wherein the non-essential region is the region flanking the ORF of gene U24 of HHV-7, or the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a of HHV-7.
24. The vector of claim 21, wherein the non-essential region is selected from the group consisting of the following regions of HHV-6:
the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of gene DRl, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4, the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHNl, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF
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of gene LJ1, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U2 2, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71,
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the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U8 3, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene U93, the region in the ORF of gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene U94, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96. the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN2. the region flanking the ORF of gene DR8, the region flanking the ORF of gene LJl, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8, the region flanking the ORF of gene U9, the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking
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the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3 2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58. the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of; gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF
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of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
25 .'The vector of claim 24, wherein the non-essential region is the region flanking the ORF of gene U5 of HHV-6, or the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 of HHV-6.
26. The vector of claim 19, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises a recombinant protein dependent recombinant sequence.
27. The vector of claim 21, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises a selectable marker.
28. The vector of claim 27, wherein the selectable marker is- a drug selectable marker.
29. The vector of claim 27, wherein the selectable marker is a gene encoding green fluorescent protein.
30. The vector of claim 21, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from a wild type strain.
31. The vector of claim 21, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from a mutant type strain.
32. The vector of claim 21, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from HHV-7 KHR strain.
33. The vector of claim 21, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from HHV-6A U1102 strain or HHV-6B HST strain.
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35. A cell comprising the vector of claim 21.
36. The cell of claim 35, wherein the cell is a bacterial cell.
37. The bacterial cell of claim 36, wherein the bacterial cell is E. coll.
38. The cell of claim 35, wherein the cell is a mammalian cell.
39. The mammalian cell of claim 38, wherein the mammalian cell is derived from human.
40. A virus produced by the mammalian cell of claim 38.
41. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the virus of claim 40.
42. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 41, wherein the composition is in the form of vaccine.
43. A method to produce a recombinant herpesvirus,
comprising:
introducing a vector comprising a herpesvirus genome essential gene and BAC vector sequence into a mammalian host cell; and
culturing the mammalian host cell to produce a recombinant herpesvirus.
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44. The method of claim 43, wherein the mammalian host cell is derived from human.
45. The method of claim 43, wherein the BAG vector sequence comprises at' least two recombinant protein, dependent recombinant sequences.
46. The method of claim 45, further comprising a step of recombination between the two recombinant protein dependent recombinant sequences.
47 . The method of claim 43 , wherein a portion where a sequence
derived from the herpesvirus genome is linked to the BAC
vector sequence is within a non-essential region .of the
"herpesvirus genome.
.4,8. The method of claim 47 , wherein the non-essential. region is selected from the group consisting of the f ©3Howifigregions
of HHV-7:
the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the
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region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28^ the region in the ORF of, gene U32 ;!the region' in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U3 5, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U4 9, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the regidir in the ORF of gene U55A, the region in the ORF of gene U55B,^ the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59. the region in the ORF of gene; U62, the "region in ORF Of gene 063, the region in the;'>0RF W* gene U641 the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene H7, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene
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49* The method of claim 48, wherein the non-essential .region is--'the region-flanking the ORF of gene U24 q± HHy-7,, or the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a of HHV-7.
50. The method of claim 47, wherein the non-essential region is selected from the group consisting of the following regions of HHV-6:
the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of gene DRl, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4, the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHNl, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJl, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3,
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the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9, the region in the ORF of gene U10V the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the ORF of gene Ui2', the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U22, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37. the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of'gene TJ42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region
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flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region-flanking the ORF of gene U35;: the region: flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4 2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4 9, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55. the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region, flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the:ORF of gene U63, the region;.flanking the ORF of gene U64; the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U9 2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking
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51. The method of claim 50 , wherein the non-essential region is the region flanking the ORF of gene U5 of HHV.-6, : or the-l region flanking the ORF of gene U8 of HHV-6.
52. The method of claim 43, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises a recombinant protein dependent recombinant sequence.
53. The method of claim 43, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises a selectable marker.
54. The method of claim 53, wherein the selectable marker is a drug selectable marker.
55. The method of claim 53, wherein the selectable:marker is a gene encbdinggreen fluorescent protein.
56. The method of claim 43, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from a wild type strain.
57. The method of claim 43, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from a mutant type strain.
58. The method of claim 43, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from HHV-7 KHR strain.
59. The method of claim 43, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from HHV-6A U1102 strain or HHV-6B HST strain.
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60. The method of claim 43, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.: 401.
61. A virus produced by the method of claim 43.
62. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the virus of claim 61.
63. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 62, wherein the composition is in the form of vaccine.
64 . A method to introduce a mutation into the vector of claim 19, comprising .-
introducing the vector into a bacterial host cell;
introducing a plasmid vector comprising a fragment consisting of a portion of herpesvirus genome into the bacterial host cell, wherein the fragment has at least one mutation;
culturing the bacterial host cell;
isolating a vector having BAC sequence from the cultured bacterial host cell.
65. A method to introduce a mutation into the vector of claim 19, comprising:
introducing the vector into a bacterial host cell;
introducing a first plasmid vector comprising a first fragment consisting of a portion of herpesvirus genome into the bacterial host cell, wherein the first fragment has at least one mutation;
introducing a second plasmid vector comprising a second fragment consisting of a portion of herpesvirus genome into the bacterial host cell, wherein the second fragment has
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at least one mutation, and the first fragment is different from the second fragment;
culturing the bacterial host cell;
isolating a vector having BAC sequence from the cultured bacterial host cell.
66 . A nucleic acid cassette comprising a first fragment which can recombine with herpesvirus genome in a bacterial cell, BAC vector sequence, and a second fragment which can recombine with herpesvirus genome in a bacterial cell,
wherein the both ends of the BAC sequence are linked to the first and the second fragment, respectively.
67. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment are at least lkb.
68. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment are at least 1.5kb.
69. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment are at least 2kb.
70. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment are at least 80% identical with a herpesvirus genome sequence.
71. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment are at least 85% identical with a herpesvirus genome sequence.
72. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment are at least 90% identical with a herpesvirus genome sequence.
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73. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment are at least 95% identical with a herpesvirus genome sequence. . >
74. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment are independently selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-7 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2,' the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12,. the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF
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of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52/ the region in the ORF of gene U55A, the region in the ORF of gene,U55B,i the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region- in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in. the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in'tlie'ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of .gene H7, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene H2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene H3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene H4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8, the region flanking the ORF of gene UIO, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the
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region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF-of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the"regibn flanking the ORF of gene U24,1the; region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44/ the region flanking the ORF of- gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49. the regioti flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene H6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking
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the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
75. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment is independently at least 80% identical with the region selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-7 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene H2. the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region
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ORF of gene U7 9, the region flanking the ORF of gene H6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
76. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment is independently at least 85% identical with the region selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-7 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of genelM2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene H3, the region in the'ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34,
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the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55A, the region in the ORF of gene U55B, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68. the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76. the region iri the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region in the ORF of : gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene H7, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene H2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene H3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene H4 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 , the region f lanking the ORF of geneUlO, the region flanking
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the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF
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of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene H6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the regi6n flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
77. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment is independently at least 90% identical with the region selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-7 genomet
the region in the ORF of gene HI, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF
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of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF, of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55A, the region in the ORF of gene U55B, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63. the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U6.8;. the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6. the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene H7, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene H2, the region f lanking the ORF of geneDR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene H3, the region flanking the ORF of gene H4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking
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the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8, the region f lanking the ORF of geneUlO, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking* the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region.flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene
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U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75. the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF ,of gene H6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
78. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein each of
the first fragment and the second fragment is independently
at! least'95% identical with the region' selected ->from the
group consisting of the following regions-of- herpesvirus
HHV—7 genome: . A -
tiiie7 region' ±nr the ORF of gene HI, the region-yln the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene H2, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene H3, the region in the ORF of gene H4, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5/7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U17a, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region
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in the ORF of gene U24a, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52 , the region in the ORF of gene U55A, the region in the ORF of gene U55B, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59,.the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene,U67, the region in the ORF of gene, U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U7 6, the region in the ORF of gene H5, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene H6, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U-81, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene H7, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene H8, the region flanking the ORF of gene HI, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene H2 , the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6 „ the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene H3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene H4 , the region flanking
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the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5/7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8, the region f lanking the ORF of geneUlO, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17Ex, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25„ the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55A, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55B, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the
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region flanking the ORF of gene U6 7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U7 5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene H5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U7 9, the region flanking the ORF of gene H6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene H7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene H8.
79. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment are independently selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-6 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene LTl, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4, the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region in the ORF of gene DR7 , the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJ1, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9, the region in the ORF of gene UIO, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region
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in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U22, the. region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34. the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of-:-. gene U46. the region in the ORF of gene U4-7, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF Of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55. the region in the QRF of gene U58, the region in the DBF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U83, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene U93, the region
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in the ORF of gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene U94, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96, the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene t)'R3 J the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of generDRHNl, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR8, the region flanking the ORF of gene LJl, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of 'gear U5, the'region flanking the ORF of gerie06/ the region flanking the ORF of gene U7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U8, the region flanking the ORF of gene U9, the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region blanking the ORF of gene 0U2EX, the region flanking the Orphic gSne'U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF
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of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4 2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69. the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking therORFrof. gene U75. the region flanking the ORF of gene ?U76,.'the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
80. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment is independently at least 80% identical with the region selected from the
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group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-6 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in, the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4, the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJ1, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9, the region in the ORF of gene U10,, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene 013, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U22, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50,
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the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U83, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene U93, the region in the ORF of gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene U94, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96, the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR8, the region flanking the ORF of gene LJl, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U6 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U7, the region flanking the ORF
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of gene U8, the region flanking the ORF of gene U9, the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking -the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene,Ul7, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2 5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32. the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34; the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37; the region flanking the ORF 6£'gene U40, the region > flanking the ORF of gene U42, the; Region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4 5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the
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region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF bf-'gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the* region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
91-1 The nucleic acid cassette of claim :G6., therein each of
the first fragment and the second fragment is’ independently
at least 85% identical with the region selected from the
•gaud consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus
that genome:
the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4, the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJ1, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9, the region in the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the
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ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U22, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44. tfie r?fegion; in the ORF of gene U45, the"-region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U83, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88, the region in the ORF of gene U91. the region in the ORF
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of gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene U93, the region in the ORF of gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene U94, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96, the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR8, the region flanking the ORF of gene LJ1, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U7, the region flanking the ORF of gene XJ8, the region flanking the ORF of gene U9 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region
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flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U4 2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5 5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64. the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region,..flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
82. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment is independently
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at least 90% identical with the region selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus HHV-6 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of "gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene OR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4, the region in the ORF of gene DR5. the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJ1, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5. the region in the ORF of gene U6. the region in the'ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF:'M"? gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9. the region in. the ORF of gene U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the ORF of gene U12. the region in the ORF of gene--01)3. the region in The ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF" of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U22, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28, the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U4 7, the region
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in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene U50, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55. the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the: region in the ORF of gene U61, the regions-in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U65, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81. the region in the ORF of gene U83; the region in the ORF of gene 'U84; the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88, the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of; gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene?U93); the region in the ORF of gene HN2. the region in the ORF of gene U94, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the region in the ORF of gene U96, the region flanking the ORF of gene LT1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR8, the region flanking the ORF of gene LJl, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul, the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U6, the region
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flanking the ORF of gene U7. the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U9 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul 3, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the ORF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28. the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene U45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51, the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene U64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the region flanking the ORF of gene U67, the region flanking the ORF of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF
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of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking, the ORF of gene U79, the region, flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
83. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein each of the.first fragment and the second fragment is independently at least 95% identical with the region selected from the group consisting of the following regions of herpesvirus
HHV-6 genome:
the region in the ORF of gene LT1, the region in the ORF of gene DR1, the region in the ORF of gene DR2, the region in the ORF of gene DR3, the region in the ORF of gene DR4, the region in the ORF of gene DR5, the region in the ORF of gene DR6, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region in the ORF of gene DR7, the region in the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region in the ORF of gene DR8, the region in the ORF of gene LJ1, the region in the ORF of gene Ul, the region in the ORF of gene U2, the region in the ORF of gene U3, the region in the ORF of gene U4, the region in the ORF of gene U5, the region in the ORF of gene U6, the region in the ORF of gene U7, the region in the ORF of gene U8, the region in the ORF of gene U9, the region in the ORF of gene
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U10, the region in the ORF of gene U12EX, the region in the ORF of gene U12, the region in the ORF of gene U13, the region in the ORF of gene U15, the region in the ORF of gene U16, the region in the ORF of gene U17, the region in the ORF of gene U18, the region in the ORF of gene U19, the region in the ORF of gene U20, the region in the ORF of gene U21, the region in the ORF of gene U22, the region in the ORF of gene U23, the region in the ORF of gene U24, the region in the ORF of gene U25, the region in the ORF of gene U26, the region in the ORF of gene U28# the region in the ORF of gene U32, the region in the ORF of gene U33, the region in the ORF of gene U34, the region in the ORF of gene U35, the region in the ORF of gene U36, the region in the ORF of gene U37, the region in the ORF of gene U40, the region in the ORF of gene U42, the region in the ORF of gene U44, the region in the ORF of gene U45, the region in the ORF of gene U46, the region in the ORF of gene U47, the region in the ORF of gene U49, the region in the ORF of gene --USO, the region in the ORF of gene U51, the region in the ORF of gene U52, the region in the ORF of gene U55, the region in the ORF of gene U58, the region in the ORF of gene U59, the region in the ORF of gene U61, the region in the ORF of gene U62, the region in the ORF of gene U63, the region in the ORF of gene U64, the region in the ORF of gene U6 5, the region in the ORF of gene U67, the region in the ORF of gene U68, the region in the ORF of gene U69, the region in the ORF of gene U70, the region in the ORF of gene U71, the region in the ORF of gene U75, the region in the ORF of gene U76, the region in the ORF of gene U78, the region in the ORF of gene U79, the region in the ORF of gene U80, the region in the ORF of gene U81, the region in the ORF of gene U83, the region in the ORF of gene U84, the region in the ORF of gene U85, the region in the ORF of gene U88,
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the region in the ORF of gene U91, the region in the ORF of gene U92, the region in the ORF of gene U9 3, the region in the ORF of gene HN2, the region in the ORF of gene U94, the region in the ORF of gene U95, the .region in the ORF of gene ^96', -the region flanking the ORF of-gene DR1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRl, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR3, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR4, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR5, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR6, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN1, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR7, the region flanking the ORF of gene DRHN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene DR8, the region flanking the ORF of gene LJ1, the region flanking the ORF of gene Ul. the region flanking the ORF of gene U2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U3;. the region flanking the ORF of gene U4, the region flanking the ORF of gene U5, the region flanking the ORF of gene U6, the region flanking the ORF of gene U7. the region ,flanking the ORF of gene U8 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U9 , the region flanking the ORF of gene U10, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12EX, the region flanking the ORF of gene U12, the region flanking the ORF of gene U13, the region flanking the ORF of gene U15, the region flanking the ORF of gene U16, the region flanking the QRF of gene U17, the region flanking the ORF of gene U18, the region flanking the ORF of gene U19, the region flanking the ORF of gene U20, the region flanking the ORF of gene U21, the region flanking the ORF of gene U22, the region flanking the ORF of gene U23, the region flanking the ORF of gene U24, the region flanking the ORF of gene U25, the region flanking the ORF of gene U26, the region flanking the ORF of gene U28, the region flanking the ORF of gene U32, the region flanking the ORF of gene U33, the region flanking the ORF of gene
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U34, the region flanking the ORF of gene U35, the region flanking the ORF of gene U36, the region flanking the ORF of gene U37, the region flanking the ORF of gene U40, the region flanking the ORF of gene U42, the region flanking the ORF of gene U44, the region flanking the ORF of gene Q45, the region flanking the ORF of gene U46, the region flanking the ORF of gene U47, the region flanking the ORF of gene U49, the region flanking the ORF of gene U50, the region flanking the ORF of gene U51. the region flanking the ORF of gene U52, the region flanking the ORF of gene U55, the region flanking the ORF of gene U58, the region flanking the ORF of gene U59, the region flanking the ORF of gene U61, the region flanking the ORF of gene U62, the region flanking the ORF of gene U63, the region flanking the ORF of gene D64, the region flanking the ORF of gene U65, the' region flanking the ORF of gene U67A the region flariking the ORF' of gene U68, the region flanking the ORF of gene U69, the region flanking the ORF of gene U70, the region flanking the ORF of gene U71, the region flanking the ORF of gene U75, the region flanking the ORF of gene U76, the region flanking the ORF of gene U78, the region flanking the ORF of gene U79, the region flanking the ORF of gene U80, the region flanking the ORF of gene U81, the region flanking the ORF of gene U83, the region flanking the ORF of gene U84, the region flanking the ORF of gene U85, the region flanking the ORF of gene U88, the region flanking the ORF of gene U91, the region flanking the ORF of gene U92, the region flanking the ORF of gene U93, the region flanking the ORF of gene HN2, the region flanking the ORF of gene U94, the region flanking the ORF of gene U95, and the region flanking the ORF of gene U96.
84. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the first
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85 - The nucleic acid the first fragment and_
from the region flan>—=^
the region flanking —^
86. The nucleic acid the first fragment a. from the region fla the region flanking
87 . The nucleic acid c
vector sequence corn recombinant sequen
88. The nucleic acid
vector sequence co ~3r-
89. The nucleic selectable marker
90. The nuclei, c
selectable marker protein.
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fragment and the second fragment are derived from different regions.
85. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment are independently from the region flanking the ORF of gene U24 of HHV-7, or' the region flanking the ORF of gene U24a of HHV-7.
86. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein each of the first fragment and the second fragment are independently from the region flanking the ORF of gene U5 of HHV-6, or the region flanking the ORF of gene U8 of HHV-6.
87. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises a recombinant protein.dependent recombinant sequence.
88. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises a selectable marker.

89. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 88, wherein the selectable marker is drug selectable marker.
90. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 88, wherein the selectable marker is a gene encoding green fluorescent protein.
91. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from a wild type strain.
92. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from a mutant type strain.
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93. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from HHV-7 KHR strain.
94. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the herpesvirus genome is derived from HHV-6A U1102 strain or HHV-6B HST strain.

95. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, wherein the BAC vector sequence comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.: 401.
96. The nucleic acid cassette of claim 66, having a nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.: 1.
97. A pharmaceutical composition for prevention, treatment, or prognosis of HIV, comprising the recombinant herpesvirus of claim 4.
98. A pharmaceutical composition for prevention of HIV,
comprising the recombinant herpesvirus of claim 4.
99 . A pharmaceutical composition for prevention, treatment, or prognosis of HIV, comprising the recombinant herpesvirus of claim 6.
100. A pharmaceutical composition for prevention of HIV, comprising the recombinant herpesvirus of claim 6.
101. A recombinant herpesvirus, a method of produce a recombinant herpesvirus and a nucleic acid cassette substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings and as illustrated in the foregoing examples.

Dated this 15tn day of November, 2006
GOUTAM BHATTACHARYYA OF K & S PARTNERS
AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT(S)

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ABSTRACT
It is intended to provide a recombinant herpesvirus ; a process for producing the same; and a pharmacological composition 5 comprising a recombinant herpesvirus . Further, it is intended to provide a vector comprising a herpesvirus genome gene and a BAC vector sequence; a cell comprising such a vector; a fragment capable of homologous recombination with herpesvirus genome; and a nucleic acid cassette comprising 10 a BAC vector sequence. The objects have been attained by the development of a process for producing a recombinant herpesvirus in which use is made of a BAC vector sequence.
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Patent Number 245439
Indian Patent Application Number 1426/MUMNP/2006
PG Journal Number 03/2011
Publication Date 21-Jan-2011
Grant Date 19-Jan-2011
Date of Filing 23-Nov-2006
Name of Patentee THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MICROBIAL DISEASES OF OSAKA UNIVERSITY
Applicant Address C/O Osaka University 3-1, Yamadaoka, Suita-shi, Osaka 565 -0871,
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 MORI, Yasuko c/o National Institute of Biomedical Innocation, 7-6-8, Saito -Asagi, Ibarki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
2 TADAGAKI, Kenjiro c/o National Institute of Biomedical Innocation, 7-6-8, Saito-Asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
3 TAKEMOTO, Masaya c/o National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, 7-6-8-, Saito-Ssagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
4 TAKAHASHI Michiaki 1/8-5 Aoyamadai 3-chome, Suite-shi Osaka 565-0875, Japan
5 YAMANISHI, Kouichi 2-1-21, Kofudai, Toyonou-chou, Toyonou-gun, Osaka 563-0104, Japan
PCT International Classification Number C12N 15/38, 7/01, A61K 35/76, 48/00
PCT International Application Number PCT/JP2005/008250
PCT International Filing date 2005-04-28
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 2004-137953 2004-05-06 Japan