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. 2019 Oct 9;11(10):1515. doi: 10.3390/cancers11101515
5caC 5-carbocylcytosine
5fC 5-formylcytosine
5hmC 5-hydroxymethylcytosine
5hmU 5-hydroxymethyluracil
5mC 5-methylcytosine
6mA 6-methyladenine
AID activation-induced deaminase
Ala alanine
APOBEC apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme complex
Asp aspartic acid
ATP adenosine triphosphate
BACH2 broad complex-tramtrack-bric a brac and Cap’n’collar homology 2
BCL2 B cell lymphoma 2
BER base excision repair
bp base pair
BRCA1 breast cancer 1
C cytosine
CH3 methyl group
ChIP chromatin immunoprecipitation
CpG cytosine-guanine dinucleotide
CRISPR clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeats
crRNA CRISPR RNA
dCas9 deactivated Cas9
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DNMT DNA methyltransferase
DNMTi DNA methyltransferase inhibitor
EBF3 early B cell factor 3
FMR1 fragile X mental retardation 1
FoxP3 Forkhead box P3
G guanine
GATA4 GATA binding protein 4
Gly glycine
GPR17 G protein-coupled receptor 17
gRNA guide RNA
HIF-1α hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha
His histidine
HOXA homeobox A
HOXD12 homeobox D12
hTERT human telomerase reverse transcriptase
Igf2/H19 insulin-like growth factor 2/H19
KRAB Krupple-associated box
MAGE melanoma antigen gene
MGMT O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferases
mRNA messenger RNA
MTase methyltransferase
MyoD myoblast determination protein 1
p16/CDKN2A p16INK4a/cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A
PAM protospacer adjacent motif
PCR polymerase chain reaction
RASSF1A Ras association domain-containing protein 1
RB retinoblastoma
RNA ribonucleic acid
RNA-seq RNA-sequencing
ROS1CD ROS1 5mC DNA glycosylase
RT-qPCR quantitative reverse transcription PCR
SAH S-adenosyl-homocysteine
SAM S-adenosyl-L-methionine
Ser serine
sgRNA single-guide RNA
SMRT single-molecule real-time
SunTag SUperNova TAGging
TALE transcription activator-like effector
TDG thymine DNA glycosylase
TET ten-eleven translocation
TIMP2 tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 2
tracrRNA trans-activating CRISPR RNA
UHRF1 ubiquitin-like containing PHD and RING finger domains 1
VEGF-2 vascular endothelial growth factor 2
VHL Von Hippel-Lindau
WT1 Wilms tumor 1
ZNF zinc finger