| ChT | Chromatin tether |
| CTD | C-Terminal Domain |
| CTR | C-terminal region |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulphoxide |
| GFP | enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein |
| HMW | High Molecular Weight |
| KDa | KiloDalton |
| NLS | nuclear localisation signal |
| PAGE | Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| PBS | Phosphate-Buffered Saline |
| pI | isoelectric point of a protein |
| PTM | post translational modification |
| PTEMF | PIPES, Triton X-100, EGTA, MgCl2, Formaldehyde |
| SDS | Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate |
| SIM | SUMO Interacting Motif |
| SUMO | Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier |
| TBST | Tris-buffered saline with 0.1% Tween-20 |
| TOP2 | Human Topoisomerase II protein |
| TOP2A | human Topoisomerase II alpha protein |
| TOP2A | human Topoisomerase II alpha gene |
| Top2 | S.cerevisiae Topoisomerase II protein |
| Top2a | Xenopus Topoisomerase II alpha protein |