| Abbreviation | Meaning |
| AKT, AKT | Protein kinase B |
| Ala | Alanine |
| Arg | Arginine |
| Asp | Aspartate |
| CV | Crystal violet |
| Cys | Cysteine |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DP | Reading depth |
| FCS | Fetal calf serum |
| fs | Frameshift |
| Gln | Glutamine |
| Gly | Glycine |
| GTEx | The Genotype-Tissue Expression |
| His | Histidine |
| IC50 | Half maximal inhibitory concentration |
| indel | Insertion/deletion |
| KRAS, KRAS | Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog |
| mTOR | Mammalian target of rapamycin |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| OD | Optical Density |
| PBS | Phosphate buffer saline |
| PDAC | Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |
| PI | Propidium iodide |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase |
| P/S | Penicillin/streptomycin |
| qual | Variant confidence |
| RNA-seq | RNA sequencing |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| Ser | Serine |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas Program |
| Thr | Threonine |
| TP53, p53 | Tumor protein p53 |
| TPM | Transcript per kilobase million |
| Trp | Tryptophan |
| Tyr | Tyrosine |
| VAF | Variant allele frequency |
| Val | Valine |
| UTR | Untranslated region |
| WES | Whole exome sequencing |
| WST-1 | Water soluble tetrazolium—1 |