| Cas9 | CRISPR associated protein 9 |
| CRE | cis-regulatory element |
| CRISPR | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| DSB | double strand break |
| ECR | evolutionary conserved region |
| gDNA | genomic DNA |
| gRNA | guide RNA |
| HUSHiPSCs | human silencing hubinduced pluripotent stem cells |
| LINE-1 | long interspersed nuclear element 1 |
| LTR | long terminal repeat |
| MIR | mammalian interspersed repeat |
| NHEJ | non-homologous end joining |
| ntgRNA | non-target guide RNA |
| PAM | protospacer adjacent motif |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| qPCR | quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| RLU | relative light unit |
| sgRNA | short guide RNA |
| SINE | short interspersed nuclear element |
| SVA | SINE-VNTR-Alu |
| TE | transposable element |
| TFBS | transcription factor binding site |
| TSS | transcriptional start site |
| UTR | untranslated region |
| UV | ultraviolet |
| VNTR | variable number tandem repeat |
| XDP | X-linked dystonia parkinsonism |