| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| MYH9-RD | MYH9-gene Related Diseases |
| MHCII | myosin heavy chain |
| NMII | non-muscle myosin II |
| SMM | smooth muscle myosin |
| ELC | essential light chain |
| RLC | regulatory light chain |
| NHT | non-helical tailpiece |
| ACD | assembly-competent domain |
| CXCL12 | chemokine CXCL12, also known as stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) |
| MK | megakaryocyte |
| DFNA | Deafness, Autosomal Dominant |
| ROCK | RhoA- Coiled Coil Kinase |
| PKC | protein kinase C |
| TRPM7 | transient receptor potential melastatin 7 |
| CKII | casein kinase II |