| CoV | coronavirus |
| DDR | DNA damage response |
| dMMR | a deficiency in DNA mismatch repair |
| DSB | double strand break |
| HR | homologous recombination |
| FCS | furin cleavage site |
| IAV | influenza A virus |
| miRNA | micro RNAs |
| MSH3 | the DNA mismatch repair protein, MutS Homolog 3 |
| MMR | DNA mismatch repair |
| NES | nuclear export signal |
| NLS | nuclear localization signal |
| OV | oncolytic virus |
| RNAi | RNA interference, |
| siRNA | small interfering RNAs |