| BPS | branchpoint sequence |
| ESE | exonic splice enhancer |
| ESS | exonic splice silencer |
| ISE | intronic splice enhancer |
| ISS | intronic splice silencer |
| hnRNP | heterogenous ribonucleoprotein |
| RACE | rapid amplification of cDNA ends |
| snRNP | small nuclear ribonucleoprotein |
| SR protein | serine/arginine-rich splice factor |
| SSO | splice-switching oligonucleotide |
| PCa | prostate cancer |