| PVDF | Polyvinylidene difluoride |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SCUBA | self-contained underwater breathing apparatus |
| Z-VAD-fmk | N-Benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp(O-Me) fluoromethyl ketone |
| FACS | fluorescence-activated cell sorting |
| DMSO | dimethylsulfoxide |