| Acronym | Meaning |
| BST | Bovine Somatotropin |
| MATI | Mass-analyzed Threshold Ionization Spectroscopy |
| SLE | Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| RHO | Reduced Hamiltonian Orbital Method |
| EST | External Standardization Technique |
| MEF | Myocyte Enhancer Factor |
| BO | Brueckner Orbital |
| NEMD | Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics |
| PWBA | Plane-Wave Born Approximation |
| FRS | Forced Rayleigh Scattering |