text: Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) encodes a helicase-primase that consists of three polypeptides encoded by the UL5, UL8, and UL52 genes (Crute, J.J., Tsurumi, T., Zhu, L., Weller, S.K., Olivo, P.D., Challberg, M.D., Mocarski, E.S., and Lehman, I.R. (1989) Proc. Natl.