| aaRS | Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase |
| AA | Amino acid |
| ncAA | Noncanonical amino acid |
| PACE | Phage-assisted continuous evolution technique |
| PANCE | Phage-assisted noncontinuous evolution technique |
| MAGE | Multiplex automated genome engineering |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |