| ATF/CREB | activating transcription factor/cAMP response element binding protein |
| b-Zip | basic region-leucine zipper domain in ATF/CREB family of proteins |
| EST | expressed sequence tag |
| hEIF3 | 13-subunits factor initiation of transcription #3 of Homo sapiens (human eukaryotic initiation factor 3) |
| RLU | relative light units |
| RNAPII | RNA polymerase II |
| YTH | yeast two-hybrid system |