| ABA | abscisic acid |
| ABF | ABRE-binding factor |
| AREB | ABRE-binding |
| BRM | BRAHMA |
| ChIP | chromatin immunoprecipitation |
| HDA | histone deacetyltransferase |
| EAR | ethylene-responsive element binding factor-associated amphiphilic repression |
| HAT | histone acetyltransferase |
| LEA | late embryogenesis abundant |
| PP2C | protein phosphatase 2C |
| PYL | PYR-related |
| PYR | pyrabactin resistance |
| RCAR | regulatory component of the ABA receptor |
| RNAPII | RNA polymerase II |
| SnRK2 | sucrose non-fermenting 1-related protein kinase |
| SWI/SNF | switch/sucrose non-fermenting |
| TPL | TOPLESS |
| TPR | TPL-related |
| TSS | transcription start site |