| 4EHP | eIF4E Homology Protein |
| 4E-T | eIF4E Transporter |
| CCR4-Not | Carbon Catabolite Repression—Negative On TATA-less |
| DDX | DExD-box |
| DHX | DExH-box |
| eIF | Eukaryotic Initiation Factor |
| IFNG | Human Interferon Gamma |
| IRES | Internal Ribosome Entry Site |
| G4 | G-quadruplexes |
| HEAT | Huntington, Elongation Factor 3, PR65/A, TOR |
| iCLIP | Individual-nucleotide resolution UV crosslinking and immunoprecipitation |
| ITAF | IRES Trans-Acting Factor |
| LARP | La Ribonucleoprotein |
| Lnc | Long Non-coding |
| MIF4G | Middle domain of eIF4G |
| miRISC | miRNA-Induced Silencing Complex |
| mTORC1 | Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 |
| MLL | Mixed Lineage Leukemia |
| PABP | Poly (A) Binding Protein |
| PCE | Post-transcription Control Element |
| PIC | Pre-initiation Complex |
| PDCD4 | Programmed Cell Death 4 |
| PKR | Protein Kinase R |
| RBP | RNA Binding Protein |
| RecA | Recombinase A |
| S6K | Ribosomal Protein S6 kinase |
| SF | Superfamily |
| smFRET | single-molecule Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer |
| TCP | Translational Control Protein |
| TISU | Translation Initiator of Short 5’ UTR |
| uORFs | Upstream Open Reading Frames |