| ERCC6 | Excision Repair Cross-Complementation Group 6 |
| CSB | Cockayne Syndrome Group B protein |
| CS | Cockayne Syndrome |
| RS | Replication Stress |
| TC-NER | Transcription-Coupled Nucleotide Excision Repair |
| TRCs | Transcription–Replication Conflicts |
| DSBs | DNA Double-Strand Breaks |
| HR | Homologous Recombination |
| NHEJ | Non-Homologous End Joining |
| Alt-EJ | Alternative End Joining |
| BIR | Break-Induced Replication |
| GG-NER | Global Genome Nucleotide Excision Repair |
| ATM | Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated kinase |
| CDK2 | Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 |
| PARP1 | Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase 1 |
| PARP2 | Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase 2 |
| RPA | Replication Protein A |
| pRPA | Phosphorylated Replication Protein A |
| γH2AX | Phosphorylated Histone H2AX (Ser139) |
| 53BP1 | p53-Binding Protein 1 |
| RNAPII | RNA Polymerase II |
| PCNA | Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen |
| PLA | Proximity Ligation Assay |
| HU | Hydroxyurea |
| BrdU | 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridin |