| AF | assembly factor |
| BMC | biomolecular condensate |
| CPK | central pseudoknot |
| DFC | dense fibrillar component |
| ETS | external-transcribed spacer |
| FC | fibrillar left |
| GC | granular component |
| IDR | intrinsically disordered region |
| IGS | intergenic spacer |
| ITS | internal-transcribed spacer |
| LSU | Large subunit |
| NOR | nucleolus organizer region |
| NoRC | nucleolar repressive complex |
| pRNA | promoter-associated RNA |
| RNP | ribonucleoprotein |
| RNA pol | RNA polymerase |
| r-protein | ribosomal protein |
| rRNA | ribosomal RNA |
| snoRNP | small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein |
| SSU processome | Small Subunit processome |