| Cas | CRISPR-associated protein |
| CPVT | catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia |
| CRISPR | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| dCas | endonuclease deficient CRISPR-associated protein |
| DMD | Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy |
| DSB | double-stranded DNA break |
| gRNA | guide RNA |
| HDR | homology-directed repair |
| iPSC | induced pluripotent stem cell |
| LQTS | long QT syndrome |
| nCas9 | nicking CRISPR-associated |
| NHEJ | non-homologous end joining |
| PAM | protospacer adjacent motif |