| Amp | ampicillin |
| Arg | arginine |
| D | aspartic acid |
| DCE | 1,2-dichloroethane |
| DCM | dichloromethane |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| E. coli | Escherichia coli |
| EK | enterokinase |
| Gly | glycine |
| His | histidine |
| IPTG | isopropyl-β-d-thiogalactoside |
| K | lysine |
| LB | Luria–Bertani |
| Ni-NTA | Nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid |
| P | peptide |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate−polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |