aa	amino acid(s)
Abz	aminobenzoic acid
AFM	atomic force microscopy
AMP	antimicrobial peptide
AS	antisense
ASO	antisense oligonucleotide
BBB	blood-brain-barrier
BSA	bovine serum albumin
CD	circular dichroism
CF-	carboxyfluoresceinyl
Chol	cholesteryl
CPP	Cell-penetrating peptides, e.g., pVEC, SynB3, CADY etc.
CRM	confocal Raman microscopy
DLS	dynamic light scattering
DMPC	1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
DMPG	1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoglycerol
DPPC	dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
FACS	Fluorescence-activated cell sorting
Fl-	fluorescently labelled
GFP	green fluorescent protein
GPMV	giant plasma membrane vesicles
GUV	giant unilamellar phospholipid vesicles
LNA	locked nucleic acid
Luc	luciferase
LUVs	large unilamellar phospholipid vesicles
MAP	membrane active peptide, CPP
miRNA	microRNA
NF	NickFect, e.g., NF51 and NF55
NLS	nuclear localisation signal
NMR	nuclear magnetic resonance
NP	nanoparticle
ON	oligonucleotide
O	ornithine
pDNA	plasmid
PEI	polyethyleneimine
PET	Positron emission tomography
PF	PepFects, e.g., PF6, PF14
PMO	phosphorodiamidate morpholino ON
PNA	peptide nucleic acids
POPC	1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
PS	phosphothioate ON
QSAR	quantitative structure-activity relationhip
R9	Arg9
SCO	splice correctin ON
shRNA	short hairpin RNA
siRNA	short interfering RNA
TAMRA	5-(and-6)-carboxytetramethylrhodamine
TEM	transmission electron microscopy
TP	transportan
TP10	transportan 10
Tf	transferrin