| AChR | acetylcholine receptors |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| BTP2 | 3,5-bis-trifluoromethyl pyrazole |
| BTX | bungarotoxin |
| CLASP2 | CLIP-associating protein 2 |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| DGC | dystrophin-glycoprotein complex |
| DMEM | in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| EB1/EB3 | end-binding protein 1 or 3 |
| ECM | extracellular matrix |
| EGFP | Enhanced green fluorescent protein |
| ELK | ETS-like protein 1, ETS domain transcription factor 1 |
| FBS | foetal bovine serum |
| GAPDH | glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GEF | guanine nucleotide-exchange factor |
| HEK293 | human embryonic kidney cells 293 |
| LL5β | pleckstrin homology-like domain family B member 2 |
| MACF1 | microtubule-actin cross-linking factor 1 |
| MT | microtubule |
| NGS | normal goat serum |
| NMJ | neuromuscular junctions |
| PBS | phosphate buffered saline |
| PFA | paraformaldehyde |
| PIP3 | phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate |
| TBST | Tris buffered saline with Tween |
| TIP | plus-end-tracking proteins |
| WAVE1 | WASP-family verprolin-homologous protein 1 |