... ÔCATATGÕ, ÔCATATGCTÕ, ÔCATATGCTCÕ and the 21 nucleotide fragment at the 3¢ terminal. We found that –RNA1 was the m ostefficient competitor, then –RNA4, a nd –RN A5 w as the poorest among these ... respectively, the RNA templates con-taining the m inus-strand 3¢ UTRwithdeletionofÔCÕ, ÔATATGÕ,ÔATATGCTÕ, ÔATATGCTCÕ and the 21 nucleotide fragment at the 3 ¢terminal. (B) The c o mpetitive EMSA ... that internalinitiation rather than initiation from the very 3¢ terminal isassociated with HCV [25], in contrast to our conclusion that the mechanism of initiation from the very 3 ¢ termina...