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. 2021 Oct 20;22(21):11321. doi: 10.3390/ijms222111321
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