| Cy3-BHQ1 | Cyanine 3-Black Hole Quencher 1 |
| DIR | Dimethyl Indole Red |
| DFHBI | 3,5-difluoro-4-hydroxybenzylidene imidazolinone |
| DFHBI-1(2)T | 3,5-difluoro-4-hydroxybenzylidene imidazolinone 1 (2) trifluoroethyl |
| DFHO | 3,5-difluoro-4-hydroxybenzylidene imidazolinone-2-oxime |
| FACS | Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter |
| GFP | Green Fluorescent Protein |
| MG | Malachite Green |
| OTB | Oxazole Thiazole Blue |
| RG-DN | Rhodamine Green-DiNitroaniline |
| SELEX | Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment |
| SR-DN | Sulforhodamine-DiNitroaniline |
| TMR-DN | Tertamethyl rhodamine-DiNitroaniline |
| TO-1 (3) | Thiazole Orange 1 (3) |