| HMGA2 | Mammalian high-mobility-group protein AT-hook 2 |
| IDP | Intrinsically unstructured protein |
| d.p.c. | Days post-coitum |
| UTR | Untranslational region |
| GWA | Genome-wide association |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |
| NSC | Neural stem cell |
| HSC | Hematopoietic stem cell |
| MSC | Mesenchymal stem cell |
| PPARγ | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ |
| NCP | Nucleosome core particle |
| CK2 | Casein kinase 2 |
| PDI-ELISA | Protein–DNA interaction enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| HTS | High-throughput screening |