“…However, except for a few observations (Roop et al, 1993 ;Novotny et al, 1996 ;Duus & Grose, 1996) the precise functions of gL are still poorly understood. The two glycoproteins have been shown to be inevitably associated on the surface of infected cells forming a complex of either two (Hutchinson et al, 1992 ;Kaye et al, 1992 ;Liu et al, 1993 ;Forghani et al, 1994 ;Stokes et al, 1996 ;van Drunen Littel-van den Hurk, 1996) or three proteins (Yaswen et al, 1993 ;Li et al, 1995). Indeed, in the γ " herpesvirus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a third glycoprotein, gp42\38, which is the translation product of the BZLF2 open reading frame (ORF), is associated with the gH and gL homologues and seems to be directly involved in the penetration of EBV into B lymphocytes (Li et al, 1995).…”