Patent ID: 6423489
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: C07H,C07K,C12N,C12Q

Abstract:
An oligonucleotide 5-50 nucleotides in length which is complementary to at least a portion of a 5â€² end untranslated region, a polyprotein translation initiation codon region or core protein coding region of an HCV genomic or messenger RNA, said oligonucleotide inhibiting the function of said RNA and selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 20, SEQ ID NO: 33, SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 72, SEQ ID NO: 76, SEQ ID NO: 77, SEQ ID NO: 78, SEQ ID NO: 73, SEQ ID NO: 85, SEQ ID NO: 86, SEQ ID NO: 91, SEQ ID NO: 99 SEQ ID NO: 100, SEQ ID NO: 101, SEQ ID NO: 102, SEQ ID NO: 103, SEQ ID NO: 104, SEQ ID NO: 105, SEQ ID NO: 106, and SEQ ID NO: 107.