Simian kidney epithelial Vero cells were mock-infected or infected with wild-type HSV-1(F), YK801 (Us3-A326V), YK802 (Us3-AV-repair), YK803 (Us3-A326I), YK804 (Us3-AI-repair), YK805 (Us3-K220M), or YK806 (Us3-KM-repair) at multiplicities of infection (MOI) of 10 and were harvested at 18 h post-infection. This evidence concerns the gene RPS3 and infection.