| ATL | adult T-cell leukaemia |
| DLG1 | human Disc large protein |
| egfp | enhanced green fluorescent protein |
| FRET | fluorescence resonance energy transfer |
| FRET Ef | FRET efficiency |
| HA | Influenza virus Haemagglutinin epitope |
| HPV | Human Papillomavirus |
| hScrib | human Scribble |
| HTLV-1 | Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 |
| MAGI | membrane-associated guanylate kinase with inverted orientation |
| MTOC | microtubule-organizing center |
| mTurq2 | enhanced version of cyan fluorescent protein |
| PAR | Partitioning defective |
| PBM | PDZ-binding motif |
| PDZ | PSD-95/DLG/ZO-1 domains |
| rfp | red fluorescence protein |
| ROI | region of interest, seyfp2, super enhanced yellow fluorescent protein |