Abcc6	ATP binding cassette subtype C number 6
ABE	Adenine base editor
Abhd6	Alpha/beta-hydrolase domain 6
Adora2a	Adenosine 2a receptor
α-Gal A	α-galactosidase A
Agxt	Alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase
Ahr	Aryl hydrocarbon receptor
Aire	Autoimmune regulator
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Angptl8	Angiopoietin-like protein 8
Anks3	Ankyrin repeat and sterile alpha motif domain containing 3
APECED	Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy
ApoE	Apolipoprotein E
AS	Angelman syndrome
AsCpf1	Acidaminococcus sp. Cpf1
ASD	Autism spectrum disorder
Asip	Agouti signaling protein
Atg16l1	Autophagy-related 16-like 1
B2m	Beta-2-microglobulin
BE	Base-editing
BlatCas9	Brevibacillus laterosporus Cas9
Bmpr2	Bone morphogenetic protein receptor 2
BN	Brown Norway
C3	Complement C3
C9orf72	Chromosome 9 open reading frame 72
Cas12a	CRISPR-associated protein 12a
Calb2	Calbindin 2
Carns1	Carnosine synthase 1
Cas9n	Cas9 nickase
CBE	Cytosine base editor
Ccdc85c	Coiled-coil domain containing 85C
Cck	Cholecystokinin
CD	Crohn’s disease
CES2	Carboxylesterase 2
Ces2a	Carboxylesterase 2A
CF	Cystic fibrosis
Cftr	Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
CIPN	Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
Cirp	Cold-inducible RNA-binding protein
CLICK	CRISPR with lssDNA inducing conditional knockout alleles
Cp	Ceruloplasmin
Cpf1	CRISPR from Prevotella and Francisella1
Cplx1	Complexin I
Cre-ERT2	Cre recombinase-estrogen receptor T2
Crhr1	Corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 1
CRISPR/Cas9	Clustered regularly interspaced palindrome repeats (CRISPR)/Caspase 9 (Cas9)
Cas12a	Type V CRISPR-effector protein (formerly Cpf1)
crRNA	CRISPR RNA
CS	Cockayne syndrome
Csb	Cockayne syndrome B
Cyp2c11	Cytochrome P450, subfamily 2, polypeptide 11
Cyp2d	Cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily D member 6
Cyp2e1	Cytochrome P450 2E1
Cyp2J2	Cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily J member 2
Cyp2J3	Cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily j, polypeptide 3
Cyp2J10	Cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily j, polypeptide 10
Cyp3a1	Cytochrome P450 3A1
Cyp3a2	Cytochrome P450 3A2
Cyp24a1	Cytochrome P450 family 24 subfamily A member 1
Cyp27b1	Cytochrome P450 family 27 subfamily B member 1
DA	Dark agouti
Dat	Dopamine transporter
db	Diabetes
Dbndd1	Dysbindin (dystrobrevin binding protein 1) domain containing 1
Defb23	Defensin beta 23
Defb26	Defensin beta 26
Defb42	Defensin beta 42
dCas9	Dead Cas9
DdCBE	DddA-derived cytosine base editor
DddA	Bacterial toxin deaminase
Depdc5	DEP domain-containing 5
Des	Desmin
DdCBE	DddA-derived cytosine base editor
DMD	Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Dmd	Dystrophin-coding gene (dystrophin)
DKO	Double KO
DNA-PKcs	DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunits
Dnah17	Dynein axonemal heavy chain 17
Drd1a	Dopamine receptor D1A
DSB	Double-stranded break
dsDNA	Double-stranded DNA
dsRed	Discosoma coral red fluorescent protein
EGFP	Enhanced green fluorescent protein
EndoMT	Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition
EP	Electroporation
Epsti1	Epithelial stromal interaction 1
Erbb3	Erb-B2 receptor tyrosine kinase 3
ERV	Endogenous retroviral element
ES	Embryonic stem
Esr1	Estrogen receptor 1
ET	Egg transfer
F344	Fisher 344
F8	Factor 8
Fabp2	Fatty acid binding protein 2
Fah	Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase
FD	Fabry disease
Fh	Fumarate hydratase
FH	Familial hypercholesterolemia
FHH	Fawn-hooded hypertensive
Fmr1	Fragile X mental retardation 1
FMRP	Fragile X mental retardation protein
FnCas9	Francisella novicida Cas9
Foxp3	Forkhead box P3
Foxn1	Forkhead box N1
FSG	F344-scid gamma
Fus	Fused in sarcoma
FXS	Fragile X syndrome
Gaa	Acid alpha-glucosidase
Gad1	Glutamate decarboxylase 1
GAD67	Glutamate decarboxylase 67-kDa isoform
GE	Genome editing or genome-edited
GFP	Green fluorescent protein
G6pd	Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
GM	Genetically modified
GOI	Gene of interest
GONAD	Genome-editing via oviductal nucleic acids delivery
GR	Glucocorticoid receptors
GRdim	Glucocorticoid receptor mutant
Grin1	Glutamate ionotropic receptor N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) type subunit 1
gRNA	Guide RNA
Gsd2	Glycogen storage disease type 2
GSDII	Glycogen storage disease type II (GSDII)
2H2OP	Two-hit by gRNA and two-oligo with plasmid
HA	Hereditary aceruloplasminemia
HCD	High-cholesterol diet
HDR	Homology directed repair
Hemgn	Hemogen
hhy	Hemorrhagic hydrocephalus
Hprt1	Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1
HR	Homologous recombination
HT1	Hereditary tyrosinemia type I
Htr7	5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 7
IC	Intracytoplasmic injection
Ighm	Immunoglobulin heavy constant mu
IgM	Immunoglobulin M
i-GONAD	Improved GONAD
Il2rg	Interleukin 2 receptor gamma
indels	Insertion or deletion of nucleotides
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
IRES	Internal ribosomal entry site
IVF	In vitro fertilized
Kat II	Kynurenine aminotransferase II
Kcnj16	Potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 16
Kcnk3	Potassium channel subfamily K member 3
KI	Knock-in
Kit	Kit proto-oncogene
KO	Knockout
L1cam	L1 cell adhesion molecule
LbCpf1	Lachnospiraceae bacterium Cpf1
L dlr	Low-density lipoprotein receptor
Lrat	Lecithin retinol acyltransferase
Lepr	Leptin receptor
LE	Long–Evans
LEH	Long–Evans hooded
Lepr	Leptin receptor
LEW	Lewis
Lgr5	Leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein coupled receptor 5
lncRNA	Long non-coding RNA
Lrat	Lecithin retinol acyltransferase
lssDNA	Long single-stranded DNA
Mc3r	Melanocortin 3 receptor
Mc4r	Melanocortin 4 receptor
Mdr1a	Multidrug resistance protein 1a
Mdr1b	Multidrug resistance protein 1b
Mdx	X-linked muscular dystrophy
Mecp2	Methyl-CpG-binding protein 2
MI	Microinjection
mitoTALE	TALE nickase enabling mitochondrial gene editing
Mkx	Mohawk homeobox
Mnx1	Gene encoding homeobox protein HB9
mtDNA	Mitochondrial DNA
mTORC1	Rapamycin complex 1 signaling pathway
Myl4	Myosin light-chain 4
NAFLD	Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
nCas9	Cas9 nickase
Ndst1	N-deacetylase
Ndst4	N-sulfotransferase 4
Nes	Nestin
Nfatc1	Nuclear factor of activated T-cells
Ngln3	Neuroligin 3
NHEJ	Non-homologous end joining
Nkx3.1	NK3 homeobox 1
NmCas9	Neisseria meningitidis Cas9
Nr3c1	Nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 1
Nrf2	Nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like-2
Oatp1b2	Organic anion transport polypeptide 1b2
Ogdh	Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase
PAH	Pulmonary arterial hypertension
PAM	Protospacer adjacent motif
PB	PiggyBack transposon
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
PE	Prime editing
PGK	Phosphoglycerate kinase
PH	Pulmonary hypertension
PH1	Primary hyperoxaluria type 1
PI	Pronuclear injection
PMCA4	Plasma membrane calmodulin–dependent calcium ATPase isoform 4
PMS	Phelan–McDermid syndrome
Pnpla5	Patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 5
poly(A)	Polyadenine tails
Pomc	Proopiomelanocortin
Pp	Poring pulse
PPi	Pyrophosphate
Prf1	Perforin 1
Prkdc	DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit
Psen1	Presenilin 1
p52SHC/p46SHC	Adaptor protein 1 (shc1), encodes 3 main protein isoforms
Pvalb	Parvalbumin
PVG	Piebald Virol Glaxo
PXE	Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Pxr	Pregnane X receptor
rAAV	Recombinant adeno-associated virus
Rab38	Ras-related protein Rab-38
Rag1	Recombination activating gene 1
Rag2	Recombination activating gene 2
RD	Retinal dystrophy
R en	Renin
Rffl-lnc1	A gene located within the 5′UTR intronic region of the rififylin (Rffl) gene
rGONAD	Rat-based i-GONAD
RNaseT2	Ribonuclease T2
RNP	Ribonucleoprotein
Rosa26	Gt(ROSA)26Sor
RP	Retinitis pigmentosa
RS	Rett syndrome
SaCas9	Staphylococcus aureus Cas9
SCID	Severe combined immunodeficiency
SD	Sprague–Dawley
SERCA2a	Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase
sgRNA	Single-guide RNA
Shank3	SH3 and multiple ankyrin repeat domains 3
Sirpa	Signal regulatory protein alpha
Slc6	Sodium- and chloride-dependent members of the solute carrier family 6
Slc16a2	Solute carrier family 16 member 2 coding for monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8)
Slco1b2	Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B2
SNP	Single-nucleotide polymorphism
Sox10	Sry-box transcription factor 10
Sox16	SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 16
SS	Dahl salt-sensitive
SSCs	Spermatogonial stem cells
ssDNA	Single-stranded DNA
ssODN	Single-stranded oligodeoxynucleotide
St1Cas9	Streptococcus thermophilus Cas9
STs	Seminiferous tubules
TAKE	Technique for Animal Knockout system by Electroporation
TALE	Transcriptional activator-like effector
TALENs	Transcription activator-like effector nucleases
Tet1	Tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 1
Tet2	Tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 2
Tet3	Tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 3
Tg	Transgenic
Th	Tyrosine hydroxylase
Thy1	Thy-1 cell surface antigen
Tie2	Tunica interna endothelial cell kinase 2
Tlr4	Toll-like receptor 4
TM/Kyo	TRM or tremor rat
Tp	Transfer pulse
Tp53	Tumor protein p53
tracrRNA	Trans-activating CRISPR RNA
Trdmt1	TRNA aspartic acid methyltransferase 1
Trpa1	Transient receptor potential family member ankyrin 1
Trpv4	Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 4
Tyr	Tyrosinase
Ube3a	Ubiquitin protein ligase E3A
Uox	Urate oxidase (uricase)
Vapb	Vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated protein B/C
Vdr	Vitamin D receptor
Wfs1	Wolfram syndrome 1
WI	Wistar
WI-IM	Wistar–Imamichi
WKY	Wistar–Kyoto
Wnt1	Wnt family member 1
WS	Wolfram syndrome
WT	Wild-type
XLH	X-linked hydrocephalus
X-SCID	X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency
ZF	Zinc-finger
ZFNs	Zinc-finger nucleases
ZP	Zona pellucida