A:	adenine
A549:	human adenocarcinoma alveolar basal epithelial cells
ATM:	ataxia telangiectasia mutated
ATR:	ataxia and Rad3-related
Bax:	BCL2-associated X protein
BCL2:	B-cell lymphoma 2 gene
BG4:	anti-G-quadruplex recombinant antibody
BRCA:	breast cancer susceptibility protein-encoding gene
C:	cytocine
CA46:	Burkitt’s lymphoma cancer cells
CDK6:	cyclin-dependent kinase 6
CHK1:	checkpoint kinase 1
CNBP:	cellular nucleic acid-binding protein
Cox-2:	cyclooxygenase-2
CST:	cellular multiprotein complex, composed of proteins CTC1 (copy telomere complex component 1), STN1 (telomere end-binding and capping protein) and TEN1 (telomere length regulation protein) in mammals
3D:	three-dimensional
DOG1:	helicase ATP-binding domain-containing protein
DNA:	deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA pol:	DNA polymerase
dsDNA:	double-stranded DNA
EWS:	Ewing’s sarcoma protein
FANCJ:	Fanconi anemia group J protein (helicase)
FUS:	fused in sarcoma, RNA-binding protein
G:	guanine
GAPDH:	glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
GIST:	gastrointestinal stromal tumor
GSC:	glioblastoma/glioma stem cells
GTP:	guanosine triphosphate
HCT15:	colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line
HCT116:	human colon cancer cell line with mutation in codon 13 of the KRAS proto-oncogene
HEK293:	human embryonic kidney cell line
HeLa:	immortal cervical human cell line named after the original donor Henrietta Lacks
Hep-2:	human laryngeal squamous carcinoma cells
HIFA:	hypoxia inducible factor A
HR:	homologous recombination
HRAS:	Harvey rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog
HSP90:	heat shock protein 90
hTERT:	human telomerase reverse transcriptase gene
IC50:	half maximal inhibitory concentration
IR:	ionizing radiation
Jurkat:	immortalized line of human T lymphocyte cells
KIT:	proto-oncogene encoding for receptor tyrosine kinase KIT
KRAS:	Kirsten rat sarcoma virus proto-oncogene
MAPK:	mitogen-activated protein kinase
Max:	MYC-associated factor X
MCF-7:	human breast cancer cell line
Mia PaCa 2:	human pancreatic cancer cell line
mRNA:	messenger RNA
mTOR:	mammalian target of rapamycin
MYB:	Avian virus myeloblastosis gene homolog, proto-oncogene
MYC:	Avian virus myelocytomatosis gene homolog, proto-oncogene
NCT:	United States patent number
NHE III1:	nuclease hypersensitive element III1
NMR:	nuclear magnetic resonance
NRAS:	neuroblastoma rat sarcoma viral gene homolog
NSGC:	non-stem glioma cells
p21:	cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1
p53:	tumor suppressor protein 53
PANC-1:	human pancreatic cancer cell line isolated from ductal pancreatic carcinoma
PARP:	poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase
PCR:	polymerase chain reaction
PDAC:	pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
PDGFA:	platelet-derived growth factor subunit A
PIF1:	5’-to-3’ DNA helicase
POT1:	protection-of-telomeres protein 1
RAD51:	repair-of-DNA protein-encoding gene
Rap1:	Ras-proximate protein1
Rb1:	retinoblastoma gene
rDNA:	ribosomal DNA
RET:	rearranged-during-transfection proto-oncogene
RNA:	ribonucleic acid
RNA pol:	RNA polymerase
RNA-seq:	RNA sequencing
rRNA:	ribosomal RNA
RTEL1:	regulator of telomere elongation helicase 1
Saos-2:	human osteosarcoma cancer cell line
SL1:	selective factor 1
SP1:	specificity protein 1
SPR:	surface plasmon resonance
ssDNA:	single-stranded DNA
SW620:	human colon adenocarcinoma cell line
T:	thymine
TERRA:	telomeric repeat-containing RNA
TF:	transcription factor
TPP1:	tripeptidyl-peptidase 1
TRF2:	telomeric repeat-binding factor 2
UTR:	untranslated regions
VEGF:	vascular endothelial growth factor gene