| AFM | atomic force microscopy |
| CBB | Coomassie Brilliant Blue |
| EM | electron microscopy |
| MS | mass spectrometry |
| m/z | mass-to-charge ratio |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SEC | size-exclusion chromatography |
| SR | single-ring |