| 9R | Nona-arginine |
| AAV | Adeno-Associated Virus |
| ASGPr | Asialoglycoprotein receptor |
| ATS | Adipocyte Targeting Sequence |
| bp | Base pair |
| Cas | CRISPR-associated |
| CPP | Cell-penetrating peptides |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |
| crRNA | CRISPR RNAs |
| dCas9 | Deficient Cas9 |
| DNA | De-oxyribonucleic acid |
| DSB | Double-stranded break |
| gRNA | Guide RNA |
| HDR | Homology-Directed Repair |
| HSPG | Heparan sulfate proteoglycans |
| mRNA | Messenger RNA |
| NHEJ | Non-Homologous End Joining |
| PAM | Protospacer adjacent motif |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| RNP | Ribonucleoproteins |
| RVG | Rabies Virus Glycoprotein |
| sgRNA | Single guide RNA |
| SORT | Selective ORgan Targeting |
| SPIRIT | Superior Peptide InseRtions for Improved Targeting |
| TAT | Trans-activator of transcription |
| tracrRNA | Trans-activating RNA |