| Ac-Tyr-OEt | Nα-acetyl-l-tyrosine ethyl ester |
| Bz-Arg-OEt | Nα-benzoyl-l-arginine ethyl ester |
| Bz-Arg-pNA | Nα-benzoyl-d,l-arginine-4-nitroanilide |
| ESI | electrospray ionization |
| IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| MALDI | matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization |
| MS | mass spectrometry |
| MS/MS | tandem mass spectrometry |
| NPGB | p-nitrophenyl-p′-guanidinobenzoate |
| nLC | nanoflow liquid chromatography |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| SE-Sephadex | Sulfoethyl-Sephadex |
| TLCK | Nα-p-tosyl-l-lysine-chloromethyl ketone |
| TOF | time-of-flight |
| TPCK | N-p-tosyl-l-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone |