CRISPR	Clustered Regulatory Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
sgRNA	Single Guide RNA
TUBB	Tubulin Beta Class I
TUBB1	Tubulin Beta Class VI
TUBB2A	Tubulin Beta 2A Class IIA
TUBB4A	Tubulin Beta 4A Class Iva
TUBB6	Tubulin Beta 6 Class V
dCas9	Dead Cas9
CRISPRa	CRISPR activation
SAM	Synergistic activation mediator
HSF1	Heat shock factor 1
scRNA	Scaffold RNA
hTERT-RPE1	hTERT immortalized retinal pigment epithelial cells
qRT-PCR	Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
ROI	Region of interest
SD	Standard deviation