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Abbreviations that may be used without definition in Cancer Detection and Prevention

The following abbreviations may be used without definition in articles published in Cancer Detection and Prevention.

Abbreviation Definition
A absorbance
ACTH adrenocorticotropin
ADP, etc. the 5'(pryo)-diphosphates of adenosine, etc
ALP alkaline phosphatase
AMP, GMP, IMP, UMP, CMP, TMP the 5'-phosphates of ribosyladenine, -guanine, -inosine, -uracil, -cytosine, and -thymine
cAmp cyclic AMP
dAMP, dGMP, dIMP the 5'-phosphates of 2'-deoxyribosyladenine, etc
ATP, etc. the 5'(pyro)-triphosphates of adenosine, etc
ATPase adenosine triphosatase
bp base pair
BrdU bromodeoxyuridine
BSA bovine serum albumin
°C degree Celsius (Centigrade)
CHO Chinese hamster ovary
cpm counts per minute
cps counts per second
CoA, acyl-CoA coenzyme A and its acetylderivatives (e.g., acetyl)
D diffusion coefficient
DNP dinotrophenyl
DEAE diethylaminoethyl
DMSO dimethyl sulfoxide
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
  cDNA complementary DNA
Dnase deoxyribonuclease
dpm disintegrations per minute
dps disintegrations per second
EAE ethylaminoethyl
ECM extracellular matrix
EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EGFP enhanced green fluorescent protein
EGTA ethyleneglycol-bis (beta-aminoethylether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic
ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EM electron microscopy
eq equivalent
°F degree Farenheit
FACS® fluorescence-activated cell sorter
FBS fetal bovine serum
FCS fetal calf serum
FISH fluorescent in situ hybridization
g acceleration of gravity
H enthalpy (ΔH, enthalpy change)
HBSS Hanks' balanced salt solution
HPLC high-performance liquid chromatography
IFN interferon
Ig immuoglobulin
IU international unit(s)
IR infrared
K equilibrium constant
Ki inibition constant
Km Michaelis constant
ln logarithm (natural)
log logarithm (Briggsian)
m meta
Mr molecular weight
MEM Eagle's minimum essential medium
NAD+ nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NADH NAD+ reduced
NADP NAD+ phosphate
NADPH NADP reduced; (DPN+, TPN+ and their reduced forms are not acceptable.)
ND not determined
no. number
NS not significant
o ortho
osmol osmole
osM osmolar
p para
P probability
P1, PP1 orthophosphate, pyrophosphate
PAGE polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
PBS phosphate-buffered saline
PCR polymerase chain reaction
POPOP 1,4-bis[2-(5-phenyloxazolyl)]benzene
PPO 2,5-diphenyloxazole
r correlation coefficient
Rf retardation factor
RBC, WBC red blood cell(s), white blood cell(s)
RAI radioimmunoassay
RNA ribonucleic acid
mRNA messenger RNA
nRNA nuclear RNA
rRNA ribosomal RNA
tRNA transfer RNA
sRNA (not recommended for RNA preparations that accept amino acids)
RNase ribonuclease
rpm revolutions per minute
RT-PCR reverse transcriptase PCR
s sedimentation coefficient
s20.w sedimentation coefficient in water at 20°
S Svedberg unit
SD standard deviation
SE standard error of the mean
sec secondary
t½ half-life, half-time
TGF transforming growth factor
TEAE triethylaminoethyl
tert tertiary
TNF tumor necrosis factor
TUNEL Tdt-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling
U unit
UV ultraviolet
Vmax maximum velocity