| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |
| DSB | Double-Stranded Breaks |
| NHEJ | Non-Homologous End Joining |
| HDR | Homology-Directed Repair |
| PAM | Protospacer Adjacent Motif |
| TALEN | Transcription Activator-like Effector Nuclease |
| ZFN | Zinc Finger Nucleases |