Importantly, Cq-GABARAP protein not only localized on the cell membranes (Supplementary Fig. 2D) but also co-localized with the viral envelope protein VP28 in both cell membranes and cytoplasm as determined by confocal microscopy analysis (Fig. 4B), suggesting that Cq-GABARAP itself might function in viral entry since it interacted with WSSV virions on the cell membrane at an early stage of infection. The gene discussed is GABARAP; the disease is infection.