| anFP | Anthozoa fluorescent protein |
| avFP | Aequorea victoria fluorescent protein |
| C3M | Complex coacervate core micelles |
| CD | Circular dichroism |
| DLS | Dynamic light scattering |
| EGFP | Enhanced green fluorescent protein |
| FCS | Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy |
| FP | Fluorescent protein |
| FRET | Förster resonance energy transfer |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |
| mEGFP | Monomeric enhanced green fluorescent protein |
| mKO2 | Monomeric Kusabira Orange 2 |
| P128 | P2MVP128-b-PEO477 |
| P2MVP-b-PEO | poly(2-methyl-vinyl-pyridinium)-b-poly(ethylene-oxide) |
| P41 | P2MVP41-b-PEO205 |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| PMC | Preferred micellar composition |
| SBFP2 | Strongly enhanced blue fluorescent protein 2 |
| SYFP2 | Strongly enhanced yellow fluorescent protein 2 |
| TagRFP | Tag red fluorescent protein |