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We have designed several Dzs, targeting different regions of HCV IRES specific for 1b and also sequences conserved across genotypes. The RNA cleavage and translation inhibitory activities of these molecules were tested in a cell-free system and in cell culture using transient transfections. The majority of Dzs efficiently inhibited HCV IRES-mediated translation. However, these Dz molecules did not show significant inhibition of coxsackievirus B3 IRES-mediated translation or cap-dependent translation of reporter gene, showing high level of specificity towards target RNA. Also, Northern blot hybridization analysis showed significant cleavage of HCV IRES by the Dz molecules in Huh7 cells transiently transfected with the HCV\u2013FLuc monocistronic construct. Interestingly, one of the Dzs was more effective against genotype1b, whereas the other showed significant inhibition of viral RNA replication in Huh7 cells harbouring a HCV 2a monocistronic replicon. As expected, mutant-Dz failed to cleave RNA and inhibit HCV RNA translation, showing the specificity of inhibition. 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