| Acronym | Meaning |
| PKR | Protein Kinase R |
| BCT | Best Conventional Technology |
| VOFF | Valence Orbital Force Field |
| ICD | Induced Circular Dichroism |
| CFS | Continuous Flow System |
| RVCM | Renormalized Virtual-crystal Method (for Electronic Structure) |
| EMS | Electron Momentum Spectroscopy |
| SCNT | Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer |
| MGS/TES | Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer |
| MLRA | Multiple Linear Regression Analysis |