Nai et al. BMC Genomics 2010, 11:116 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/116 Page 7 of 14 Figure 3 Comparison of LyxyMNPV hr palindromes with the hr palindrome consensus sequence from other baculoviruses. (a) Alignment of 48 palindrome repeat sequences in the LyxyMNPV genome. Black letters on grey: >80% conserved; “r": reversed sequence; (b) Alignment of the consensus hr palindrome from LyxyMNPV, LdMNPV[14] and AcMNPV [25]. The asterisks above the sequence indicate the variations of the palindrome. R = A or G, K = G or T, M = C or A.