Pseudorabies virus has a class 2 genome in which the S component is found in two orientations relative to the L component. The L component is bracketed by sequences that are partially homologous; it is found mainly in one orientation, but a small proportion is inverted (J. M. DeMarchi, Z. Lu, G. Rall, S. Kuperschmidt, and T. Ben-Porat, J. Virol. 64:4968-4977, 1990). We have ascertained the role...