sentence: Sequence comparisons , multiple alignments and phylogenetic analysis showed that DPV gC has several features common to other identified herpesvirus gC , and was genetically close to the gallid herpervirus.Antibodies raised in rabbits against the pET32a-gC recombinant protein expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 ( DE3 ) recognized a 45-KDa DPV-specific protein from infected duck embryo fibroblast ( DEF ) cells .