| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| cDNA | complementary DNA |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| gRNA | guide RNA |
| sgRNA | single guide RNA |
| ZFN | Zinc Finger Endonuclease |
| TALEN | Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nuclease |
| CRISPR/Cas | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/CRISPR-associated/CRISPR-associated |
| LV | Lentiviral Vector |
| AAV | Adeno-Associated virus-derived Vector |
| HIV-1 | Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 |
| Gag | Group-specific antigen |
| MA | Matrix protein |
| CA | Capsid protein |
| NC | Nucleocapsid protein |
| RNP | Ribonucleoprotein |
| INDEL | Insertion and Deletion |
| VLP | Virus-like particle |