BiFC	Bimolecular fluorescence complementation
BioID	Proximity-dependent biotinylation identification
BrU	5-BromoUridine
cGAS–STING	Cyclic GMP/AMP Synthase–Stimulator of Interferon Genes
CRISPR	Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
Dm	Drosophila melanogaster
dsRNA	Double-stranded RNA
ETC	Electron transport chain
FASTK	Fas-activated serine/threonine kinase
G-rich	Guanine-rich
G4	G-quadruplexes
GRSF1	G-rich sequence factor 1
H-strand	Heavy strand
IMM	Inner mitochondrial membrane
IMS	Intermembrane space
L-strand	Light strand
LETM1	Leucine zipper EF-hand-containing transmembrane protein 1
LLPS	Liquid–liquid phase separation
LRPPRC	Leucine-rich PPR motif-containing protein
MELAS	Mitochondrial Encephylomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like episodes
Mfn2	Mitochondrial fusion factor Mitofusin 2
MOMP	Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization
MRGs	Mitochondrial RNA granules
mt-DNA	Mitochondrial DNA
mt-dsRNA	Mitochondrial double-stranded RNA
mt-RNA	Mitochondrial RNA
mtLSU	Mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit
mtPAP	Poly(A) polymerase
OMM	Outer mitochondrial membrane
OXPHOS	Oxidative Phosphorylation
RBPs	RNA binding proteins
RIG-I-MDA5	Retinoic Acid Inducible Protein I- Melanoma Differentiation Associated Gene 5
RNAi	RNA interference
SLIRP	Stemloop interacting RNA-binding protein
STED	Stimulated emission depletion
TFAM	Transcription factor A, mitochondrial