| BWS | Beckwith-Wiedmann syndrome |
| CSC | Cardia stem cell |
| CDK | Cyclin-dependent kinase |
| CKI | CDK inhibitor |
| DNMT | DNA methyltransferase |
| HSC | Hematopoietic stem cell |
| ICR | Imprinted control region |
| IGF2 | Insulin-like gorwth factor |
| HDAC | histone deacetylase |
| IUGR | Intra-uterine growth restriction |
| IUP | Intrinsically unstructurated protein |
| KID | CDK binding/inhibitory domain |
| LSH | lymphoid-specific helicase |
| NLS | Nuclear localization signal |
| NSC | Neural stem cell |
| PCNA | Proliferating cell nuclear antigen |
| PMD | Placental mesenchymal dysplasia |
| PRC2 | Polycomb repressive complex 2 |
| p57KO | CDKN1C knockout |
| p57KOp27KI | CDKN1C knockout + CDKN1B knockin |
| RSS | Russell-Silver syndrome |
| Skp2 | S-phase kinase-associated protein 2 |
| SCF | Skp1/Cul1/F-box |
| TUG | Taurine upregulated gene 1 |
| T310 | Threonin 310 |