| siRNA | small interfering RNA |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| UTR | untranslated region |
| ncRNA | non-coding RNA |
| pri-miRNA | primary miRNA |
| pre-miRNA | precursor miRNA |
| AGO | Argonaute |
| RISC | RNA-induced silencing complex |
| CDS | coding sequence |
| RNAi | RNA interference |
| Tm | melting temperature |