| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| AO | Acridine orange |
| ATR | Ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related |
| BLM | Bloom syndrome protein |
| CF | Caffeine |
| Chk1 | Checkpoint kinase 1 |
| dNTP | Deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate |
| DSB | Double DNA strand break |
| EB | Ethidium bromide |
| Exo1 | Exonuclease 1 |
| HU | Hydroxyurea |
| MCM | Minichromosome maintenance |
| PCET | Proton-coupled electron transfer |
| PCNA | Proliferating cell nuclear antigen |
| RIFT-IR | Reaction-induced FT-IR |
| RNR | Ribonucleotide reductase |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RPA | Replication protein A |
| RT | Radical transfer |