AAVP	adeno-associated virus and phage
ATP	adenosine triphosphate
BNIP3	Bcl-2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa protein-interacting protein 3
COX	cytochrome C oxidase
D-loop	Displacement loop
DNA	deoxyribonucleic acid
DS	duplex sequencing
FUNDC1	FUN14 domain-containing 1
H-strand	heavy strand
kDa	kilodalton
L-strand	light strand
LHON	Leber hereditary optic neuropathy
LS	Leigh syndrome
MELAS	mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes
MERRF	myoclonic epilepsy associated with ragged red fibers
MID	mitochondrial disorder
MitoRS	mitochondrial rolling circle amplification and sequencing
mitoTALEN	mitochondrial targeted transcription activator-like effector nuclease
mRNA	messenger ribonucleic acid
MSC	mesenchymal stem cell
MT-CO3	mitochondrially encoded cytochrome C oxidase III
MT-ND5	mitochondrially encoded NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase chain 5
MT-TF	mitochondrially encoded tRNA phenylalanine
MT-TK	mitochondrially encoded tRNA lysine
MT-TL	mitochondrially encoded tRNA leucine;
MT-TL1	mitochondrially encoded tRNA leucine 1
MT-TP	mitochondrially encoded tRNA proline
MT-TV	mitochondrially encoded tRNA valine
mtDNA	mitochondria deoxyribonucleic acid
mtROS	mitochondria reactive oxygen species
NADH	reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
ND1	NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1
ND4	NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4
ND6	NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6
nDNA	nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid
NGS	next-generation sequencing
NIX	Nip3-like protein X
OXPHOS	oxidative phosphorylation
PCR	polymerase chain reaction
PF-68	pluronic F-68
PNA	peptide nucleic acid
POLG	polymerase gamma
POLG2	polymerase subunit gamma-2
POLRMT	polymerase ribonucleic acid mitochondrial
RCA	rolling circle amplification
RNA	ribonucleic acid
ROS	reactive oxygen species
rRNA	ribosomal ribonucleic acid
TFAM	transcription factor A, mitochondrial
TFB1M	transcription factor B1, mitochondrial
TFB2M	transcription factor B2, mitochondrial
TIM	translocase inner membrane
TOM	translocase outer membrane
tRNA	transfer ribonucleic acid
ZFN	zinc finger nuclease