| gran | granulin |
| lef-9 | late expression factor-9 |
| MSSCP | Multitemperature Single Stranded Conformation Polymorphism |
| NGS | Next Generation Sequencing |
| nt | nucleotide |
| OBs | occlusion bodies |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| RFLP | Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism |
| ssDNA | single stranded DNA |