| ARF | Auxin response factor |
| Aux/IAA | Auxin/Indole-3-acetic acid |
| GH3 | Gretchen Hagen3 |
| SAUR | Small Auxin Up RNA |
| AuxREs | auxin response elements |
| DBD | DNA-binding domain |
| AD | activation domain |
| RD | repression domain |
| CTD | C-terminal dimerization domain |
| MS | Murashige and Skoog |
| ABA | abscisic acid |
| 6-BA | 6-benzylaminopurine |
| GA | gibberellic acid |
| PEG | polyethylene glycol |
| HMM | hidden Markov model |
| MEME | Multiple Expectation Maximization for Motif Elicitation |
| GFP | green fluorescent protein |
| ORF | open reading frame |