| Transcription factors | |
| AP2/ERF | apetala2/ethylene response factor |
| ARF | auxin response factors |
| bHLH | basic/helix-loop-helix |
| bZIP | basic leucine zipper |
| C2H2 | Cys2His2 zinc finger |
| DOF | DNA binding with one finger |
| GRAS | GAI, gibberellin-acid insensitive |
| RGA, repressor of GA1 | |
| SCR, scarecrow | |
| HOX | homeodomain-containing |
| HSF | heat stress transcription factor |
| MADS | MCM1, mini chromosome maintenance 1 of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) |
| AG, agamous of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) | |
| DEF, deficiens of snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) | |
| SRF, serum response factor of humans (Homo sapiens) | |
| MYB | myeloblastosis |
| NAC | NAM, no apical meristem |
| ATAF1-2 | |
| CUC2, cup-shaped cotyledon | |
| NF-Y | nuclear factor Y |
| SBP | SQUAMOSA promoter binding proteins |
| TCP | TB1, teosinte branched1 from maize (Zea mays) |
| CYC, CYCLOIDEA from snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) | |
| PCF, proliferating cell factors from rice (Oryza sativa) | |
| WRKY | WRKYGQK heptapeptide |
| Others | |
| CARE | cis-acting regulatory element |
| Cl | Chinese long |
| Co | corona |
| DEG | differentially expressed gene |
| DXS | 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase |
| LOX | lipoxygenase |
| RPKM | reads per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads |
| SUT | sucrose transporter |
| TF | transcription factor |
| TPS | terpene synthases |
| UGT | UDP-glycosyltransferase |