[The production of recombinant polypeptides from the herpes simplex viruses types 1 and 2]

The genes IE175, IE63, IE68, IE12, UL29 and UL19 of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 were cloned. Fragments of these genes were cloned into open reading frame expression vector pEX1-3. Recombinant proteins containing amino acid sequences of ICP4, ICP27, ICP22, ICP47, major DNA-binding protein and major capsid protein were expressed in E. coli cells by fusion with cro-beta-galactosidase proteins.