3′X	highly conserved 3′-terminal part of HCV 3′UTR
AA(s)	amino acid(s)
Ago	Argonaute (protein)
ARF	alternative reading frame
CRE	cis-acting replication element
CSFV	classical swine fever virus
DDX6	DEAD-Box Helicase 6
DENR	density regulated protein
Dom	domain
DRBD	sdRNA-binding domain
DZF	domain associated with zinc fingers
eIF	eukaryotic (translation) initiation factor
EM	electron microscopy
ER	endoplasmic reticulum
ES	expansion segment (of ribosomal 18S rRNA)
GT	genotype
HCC	hepatocellular carcinoma
HCV	Hepatitis C Virus
hnRNP	heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein
h	hour(s)
HuR	Hu Antigen R
IMP1	IGF2 mRNA-binding protein 1 (also called ZBP, IGF2BP1, VICKZ1)
IRES	internal ribosome entry site
ITAF	IRES trans-acting factor
KD	dissociation constant
KH	K-homology domain (first identified in hnRNP K)
LNA	locked nucleic acid
LRI	long-range interaction (RNA–RNA, if not mentioned otherwise)
LSm	SM-like
MCT-1	malignant T cell-amplified sequence 1 oncogene
Met	methionin
miR, miRNA	microRNA
NF	nuclear factor
NFAR	nuclear factor associated with dsRNA
NS	non-structural (protein of HCV)
NSAP1	NS1-associated protein 1
nt(s)	nucleotide(s)
ORF	open reading frame
PatL1	PAT1 homolog 1, processing body mRNA decay factor
PCBP2	poly(rC)-binding protein 2
PK	pseudoknot
pos.	position
PSMA7	proteasome subunit α7
PTB	polypyrimidine tract binding protein
RBM	RNA binding motif protein
RBS	RNA-binding domain
RHA	RNA helicase A
RRM	RNA recognition motif (domain)
SL(s)	stem-loop(s)
U/C	poly(U/C) tract
UTR	untranslated region
VR	variable region
WD repeat	tryptophane-aspartate repeat (domain)