| PAG | Pregnancy-associated glycoprotein family |
| PAG-L | PAG-like |
| hPAG-L | Human PAG-L |
| Pep | Pepsinogen |
| RNA-seq | RNA sequencing |
| aa | Amino acids |
| D | Asparagine (Asp) |
| cDNA | Complementary DNA |
| gDNA | Genomic DNA |
| bPAG | Bovine PAG |
| pPAG | Porcine PAG |
| CfPAG-L | Beaver PAG-L |
| EbPAG | European bison PAG |
| LpPAG | Lama pacos PAG |
| CdPAG | Camelus dromedarius PAG |
| CfPAG | Camelus ferrus PAG |
| AaPAG-L | Alces alces PAG |
| RIA | Radioimmunological test |
| ELISA | Immunoenzymatic test |
| RT-PCR | Reverse transcriptase PCR |
| dNTP | Deoxynucleotide |
| MWCO | Molecular weight cut-off |
| SDS-PAGE | Denaturing polyacrylamide electrophoresis |
| CBB | Coomassie Brilliant Blue |
| NBT | Nitro blue tetrazolium |
| BCIP | 5-Bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-phosphate |
| ht | Heterologous (cross-species) |
| anti-pPAG-P | Polyclonals raised against various porcine antigens |
| anti-Rec pPAG2 | Polyclonals raised against recombinant pPAG2 antigen |
| htdF-IHC | Heterologous double fluorescent immunohistochemistry |
| A488 | Alexa 488 fluorophore |
| PI | Propidium iodide |
| HQ | High quality |
| CDS | Coding sequence |
| UTR | Untranslated region |
| QC | Query Cover |
| SP | Signal peptide |
| ID | Sequence identity |
| CV | Chorionic villi |
| VC | Villous core |
| FC | Fetal capillaries |
| IS | Intervillous space |
| PS | Placental septa |
| SB | Stratum basale |
| NC | Negative control |
| dpc | Day post coitum |