| ALPS | Arf GAP1 lipid-packing sensor |
| Arf | ADP-ribosylation factor |
| Arf GAP | Arf GTPase-activating protein |
| Arls | Arf-like proeins |
| ARNO | ARF nucleotide-binding site opener |
| BAR | Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs |
| CA | Constitutively active |
| CALM | CALM binding domain |
| CB | Clathrin-box |
| CC | Coiled-coil |
| CDR | Circular dorsal ruffles |
| Crk | Chicken tumor virus 10 regulator of kinase |
| DOCK | Dedicator of cytokinesis |
| DN | Dominant negative |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| EGF | Epidermal growth factor |
| EFA6 | Exchange factor for Arf6 |
| ELMO | Engulfment and cell motility protein |
| ERK | Extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| FA | Focal adhesion |
| F-actin | Filamentous actin/actin filaments |
| FAK | Focal adhesion kinase |
| GDI | Guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor |
| GEF | Guanine nucleotide exchange factor |
| GIT | G protein-coupled receptor kinase interactor |
| GLD | GTP-binding protein-like domain |
| GRK | G protein-coupled receptor kinase |
| Mtb | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| HGF | Hepatocyte growth factor |
| NGF | Nerve growth factor |
| NM2 | Nonmuscle myosin 2 |
| NM2A | Nonmuscle myosin 2A |
| N-WASP | neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein |
| PAK | p21-activated kinase |
| PBS | Paxillin binding site |
| PDGF | Platelet-derived growth factor |
| PH | pleckstrin homology domain |
| PIP | Phosphoinositides |
| PIX | PAK-interacting exchange factor |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| PI4P5K | Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5 kinase |
| PI(4,5)P2 | Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate |
| PI(3,4,5)P3 | Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate |
| PLD | Phospholipase D |
| PMA | Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate |
| RA | Ras association motif |
| ROCK | Rho-associated kinase |
| SAM | Sterile α-motif |
| SARs | Secretion-associated and Ras-related proteins |
| SelK | Selenoprotein K |
| SHD | Spa-homology domain |
| SH3 | Src homology 3 domain |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| WAVE | WASP family veroprolin homologous protein |
| WRC | WAVE regulator complex |