| AI | artificial intelligence |
| APJ | apelin receptor |
| BAFF/BLyS | B-cell activating factor/B-lymphocyte stimulator |
| CAT | Cambridge Antibody Technology |
| cDNA | complementary DNA |
| CDR | complementarity-determining region |
| cGAMP | cyclic GMP–AMP |
| CRISPR–Cas | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats–CRISPR-associated system |
| DMS | deep mutational scanning |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| dsDNA | double-stranded DNA |
| dsRNA | double-stranded RNA |
| E. coli | Escherichia coli |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| Fab | antigen-binding fragment |
| FACS | fluorescence-activated cell sorting |
| Fc | fragment crystallizable |
| HA1 | hemagglutinin subunit 1 |
| HER2 | human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| HuCAL | Human Combinatorial Antibody Library |
| Hoc | highly antigenic outer capsid protein |
| IgG | immunoglobulin G |
| IFN-γ | interferon gamma |
| IL-23 | interleukin 23 |
| Ka | association constant |
| Kd | equilibrium dissociation constant |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| M2e | matrix protein 2 ectodomain |
| mRNA | messenger RNA |
| NGS | next-generation sequencing |
| ORF | open reading frame |
| ORFeome | complete set of open reading frames |
| PARIS | phage anti-restriction-induced system |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PCSK9 | proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 |
| PD-L1 | programmed death-ligand 1 |
| PHEIGES | PHage Engineering by In vitro Gene Expression and Selection |
| PLM | protein language model |
| pIII | minor coat protein III |
| pVIII | major coat protein VIII |
| RNA | ribonucleic acid |
| scFv | single-chain variable fragment |
| SARS-CoV-2 | severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
| SIV | simian immunodeficiency virus |
| SMART | splitting, modifying, assembling, and rebooting |
| Soc | small outer capsid protein |
| ssDNA | single-stranded DNA |
| ssRNA | single-stranded RNA |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| tRNA | transfer RNA |
| TXTL | cell-free transcription–translation |
| VEGF-A | vascular endothelial growth factor A |
| VEGFR2 | vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 |