| PLK1 | Polo-like kinase 1 |
| CIN | Chromosomal instability |
| SDL | Synthetic dosage lethalality |
| MT | Microtubule |
| CDK1 | Cyclin dependent kinase 1 |
| AURKA/B/C | Aurora kinases A, B, C |
| NEK2 | NIMA related kinase 2 |
| CDC25C | Cell division cycle 25C |
| Bub1 | Budding uninhibited by benzimidazoles 1 |
| BubR | Budding uninhibited by benzimidazole-related |
| SAC | Spindle assembly checkpoint |
| APC/C | Anaphase promoting cyclosome proteasome complex |
| PBD | Polo-box domain |
| Hsp90 | Heat shock protein 90 |
| NLS | Nuclear localization signal |
| ATR | Ataxia-telangiectasia and Rad3 related |
| FoxM1 | Forkhead box protein M1 |
| CHEK1/2 | Checkpoint kinase 1/2 |
| ORC2 | Origin recognition complex subunit 2 |
| MRN | Mre11/Rad50/Nibrin |
| ATM | Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated |
| STK11 | Liver kinase B1 |
| γ-TuRC | γ-tubulin ring complex |
| Nlp or NINL | Ninein-like protein |
| NEDD1 | Neural precursor cell expressed developmentally down-regulated protein 1 |
| HAUS6 | HAUS augmin-like complex subunit 6 |
| MAP9 | MT-associated protein 9 |
| SMC | Structural maintenance of chromosomes |
| PICH | PLK1-interacting checkpoint helicase |
| PP2A | Protein phosphotase 2A |
| SGO1 | Shugoshin 1 |
| MELT | Met-Glu-Leu-Thr |
| CLIP-170 | Cytoplasmic linker protein |
| SGT1 | Suppressor of G2 allele of SKP1 |
| NudC | Nuclear distribution protein C |
| PRC1 | Protein regulator of cytokinesis 1 |
| CEP55 | Centrosomal protein 55 |
| KIF20A | Kinesin family member 20A |
| DNA-PKcs | DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit |
| BRCA1/2 | Hereditary breast cancer type 1/2 susceptibility protein |
| HR | Homologous recombination |
| NHEJ | Non-homologous end-joining |
| CK2 | Casein kinase 2 |
| DSB | Double strand DNA break |
| XRCC4 | X-ray cross complementing 4 |
| 53BP1 | TP53 binding protein |
| TERF1 | Telomeric repeat binding factor 1 |
| POT1 | Protection of telomeres protein 1 |
| TINF2 | TERF1 interacting nuclear factor 2 |
| TPP1 | Tripeptidyl-peptidase 1 |
| RAP1 | Repressor activator protein 1 |
| hTERT | Human telomerase reverse transcriptase |
| TNKS | Tankyrase |
| PARP | Poly-ADP-ribose polymerase |
| PINX1 | PIN2 Interacting Telomerase Inhibitor 1 |
| TIC | Tumor-initiating cell |
| AML | Acute myeloid leukemia |
| APC | Adenomatous polyposis coli protein |
| SL | Synthetic lethality |
| RAD54B | RAD54 homolog B |