| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |
| Cas | CRISPR-associated proteins |
| crRNA | CRISPR RNA |
| tracrRNA | Trans-activating crRNA |
| DSB | Double-stranded breaks |
| sgRNA/gRNA | Single guide-RNA |
| ZFN | Zinc-finger nuclease |
| TALEN | Transcription activator-like effector nucleases |
| PAM | Protospacer Adjacent Motif |
| SOX | SRY homology box |
| KO | Knock-out |
| KI | Knock-in |
| CSC | Cancer Stem Cell |
| hESC | Human Embryonic Stem Cell |
| iC9 | iCaspase 9 |
| dCas9 | Dead Cas9 |
| TESCO | Testis-specific enhancer of SOX9 core |
| XYSR | XY sex reversal region |
| PPAR | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor |
| RYBP | Ring1 and YY1 Binding Protein |
| CRISPRi | CRISPR inhibitor |
| PNS | Peripheral nervous system |
| RAG | Regeneration-associated genes |
| lncRNA | Long noncoding RNA |
| OxPhos | Oxidative phosphorylation |