Abbreviations

The list will be updated when new abbreviations appear in new posts.

A – adenine 

T – thymine 

G – guanine 

C – cytosine

APS – ammonium persulfate
AVG – average
BME – beta-mercaptoethanol
bp – base pairsCT – cycle threshold
DDCT – delta-delta CT
DMSO dimethyl – sulfoxide

DNA – deoxyribonucleic acid
DTT – dithiothreitol

cDNA – complementary DNA

gDNA – genomic DNA
dNTP – deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate
dATP – deoxyadenosine triphosphate
ECL – enhanced chemiluminescence

EMSA – electrophoretic mobility shift assay
FBS – fetal bovine serum 

GDS – GEO DataSet
GEO – Gene Expression Omnibus

GOI – gene of interest
IP – intellectual property
MgCl₂ – magnesium chloride

miRNA – microRNA
MRE – microRNA recognition element

mRNA – messenger RNA
MW – molecular weight

MWU – Mann-Whitney U
n – sample size (in statistics)

NaAc – sodium  acetate

NCBI – National Center for Biotechnology Information
PCR – polymerase chain reaction
qPCR – quantitative PCR
RNA – ribonucleic acid
SD – standard deviation
SDS – sodium dodecyl sulfate
SEM – standard error of the mean
siRNA – small interfering RNA
TEMED – tetramethylethylenediamine
T_m – melting temperature
UV – ultraviolet
VBA – Visual Basic for Applications
W – Shapiro-Wilk test statistic

WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization