| ABC | ATP-binding cassette transporters |
| ABCC | Subfamily C of ABC superfamily |
| ANOVA | One-way analysis of variance |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| BCA | Bicinchoninic acid |
| BSO | Buthionine sulfoximine |
| bp | Base pair |
| cAMP | cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| CCD | Charge coupled device |
| Cd | Cadmium |
| CDS | Coding sequence |
| cGMP | cyclic guanosine monophosphate |
| CRISPR | Clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats |
| CTRL | Empty vector-transfected |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DOAJ | Directory of open access journals |
| ECL | Enhanced chemiluminescence |
| E. coli | Escherichia coli |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| GST | Glutathione-S-transferase |
| Hg | Mercury |
| Hpf | Hours post-fertilization |
| IPTG | Isopropy1-b-D-thiogalactopyranoside |
| LLC-PK1 | Pig renal proximal tubule cell line |
| MCB | Monochlorobimane |
| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| MRP | Multidrug resistance-associated protein |
| MTT | 3-[4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2, 5 diphenyl tetrazolium bromide |
| MXR | Multi-xenobiotic resistance |
| NBDs | Nucleotide-binding domains |
| Pb | Lead |
| PBS | Phosphate buffered saline |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| qPCR | Quantitative real-time PCR |
| RIPA | Radio-immunoprecipitation assay |
| RT-PCR | Real-time PCR |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| TMDs | Transmembrane domains |
| WISH | Whole-mount RNA in situ hybridization |
| WT | Wild-type |