ASO—antisense oligonucleotides

CeNA—cyclohexene nucleic acids (sugar modification)

FANA—2′-fluoroarabino nucleic acids (sugar modification)

HNA—hexitol nucleic acid

LIVE—laboratory in vitro evolution

LNA—locked nucleic acid

LOOPER—ligase-catalyzed oligonucleotide polymerization

NANP—nucleic acid nanoparticles

PCR—polymerase chain reaction

PEG—polyethylene glycol

phNA—P-methyl/ethyl-phosphonate

PNA—peptide nucleic acid

PS—phosphorothioate

SELEX—systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment

SPS—solid phase synthesis

TNA—threose nucleic acid

VEGF—vascular endothelial growth factor

XNA—xeno nucleic acids

XNAzymes—xeno nucleic acid enzymes