STYLE SHEET
Author: Plopper Title: Cells, 3e
Prod. Ed.: Lou Bruno Copy Ed.: Pam Thomson
ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS
• Define at first mention in text per chapter and then use acronym throughout.
• Emphasizing acronym characters: Use italic, not capitalization: nuclear mitotic
apparatus (NuMA)
ABD actin binding domain
ADF actin depolymerizing factor
APC/C anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome
ASF1 antisilencing function 1
ATP adenosine triphosphate
CAF-1 chromatin assembly factor-1
CDK cyclin-dependent kinase
CGN cis-Golgi network
CKI cyclin kinase inhibitor
CoA coenzyme A
COP coat protein (I and II)
CPD cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer
CSC cancer stem cell
DSB double-stranded break
dsRNA double-stranded RNA
ECM extracellular matrix
EGF epidermal growth factor
EM electron microscopy
ER endoplasmic reticulum
ERAD ER-associated degradation
ETC electron transport chain
FISH fluorescent in situ hybridization
FRAP fluorescence recovery after photobleaching
GFAP glial fibrillary acidic protein
HAT histone acetyltransferase
HDAC histone deacetylase
HNPCC hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
hnRNP heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle
HR homologous recombination
HSPG heparan sulfate proteoglycan
IAP inhibitor of apoptosis protein
IP3 inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate
MAP microtubule-associated protein
MAPK mitogen-activated protein kinase
MAR matrix attachment region
MCM minichromosome maintenance complex
MEN mitotic exit network
miR microRNA
MMR mismatch repair
MOMP mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization
MT microtubule
MTOC microtubule-organizing center
NAD nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
ncRNA noncoding RNA
NF-κB nuclear factor-κB
NHEJ nonhomologous end joining
NOE nuclear Overhauser effect
ORC origin recognition complex
ORF open reading frame
PBP penicillin binding protein
PCNA proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PDGF platelet-derived growth factor
Pi inorganic phosphate
PIC preinitiation complex
PIP2 phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate
PKA protein kinase A
PML promyelocytic leukemia
PS photosystem (I and II)
RISC RNA-induced silencing complex
RNP ribonucleoprotein
ROS reactive oxygen species
RNAi RNA interference
RPA replication protein A
RSV Rous sarcoma virus
SIN septation initiation network
siRNA short interfering RNA
snRNA small nuclear RNA
snRNP small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles
SR sarcoplasmic reticulum
SSB single-strand binding protein
ssDNA single-stranded DNA
TGF transforming growth factor
tRNA transfer RNA
TSG tumor-suppressor gene
UPR unfolded protein response
UTR untranslated region
NUMBERS AND DATES
Ranges Use en dash in ranges of numerals
1,000
1990s
repeat % sign
one-half
° C (space)
math signs If used in text, leave them
PUNCTUATION/SPELLING
Capitalization Don’t capitalize the words group, type, stage etc.
Heads and titles, cap first word after an em dash or a colon
Series comma
En dash use for minus signs, number ranges, and for page ranges in reference lists
-like Delete hyphen for short terms. Stet hyphen for words ending in y, proper nouns, and scientific terms: beadlike but jelly-like, Golgi-like, immunoglobulin-like
Prefixes Close up
Genus and species Italic. Spell out Genus at first mention and at sentence beginnings; use first letter and period otherwise.
“-ic” vs. “-ical” Use “-ic” forms: biologic
Greeks Style change: always use a hyphen: α-helix
([ ])
3′ end, 5′ end Uses a prime and no hyphen
3′ UTRs, 5′ UTRs
FIGURES
• Figures are double numbered by chapter and table/figure number separated with a period: Table 1.1.
• Use bold caps the first time a table or figure is called out: FIGURE 1.1
• Style of legends: FIGURE 15.1 Caption is sentence style. (no bold, no period after FGN)
REFERENCE STYLE
• Style follows author
• Refs not cited in text.
Journal
Griffin, J. L., and Nicholls, A. W. 2006. Metabolomics as a functional genomic tool for understanding lipid dysfunction in diabetes, obesity and related disorders. J. Biol. Chem. v. 7 p. 1095–1107.
Book
Klotz, I. M., and Rosenberg, R. M. 2000. Chemical Thermodynamics. New York: Wiley.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• Italicize numbers section numbers and delete word "Section" for internal cross-refs: (for more detail see 3.25The ER is a dynamic organelle).
• Delete references to other chapters.
• Flag references to just “Golgi” (i.e., Golgi without “apparatus”); do not assume apparatus s/b added
• Plus end, minus end: Use instead of “+ end” and “– end”
-A-
acetyl-coenzyme A, acetyl-CoA
actin filament anchor
A tubule
-B-
bands: G-bands, C-banding
“binding”, leave open: DNA binding sequences
-C-
C-band
Ca2+-ATPase, Na+/K+-ATPase
cis-
cross-link
crosstalk
cytochrome c
-D-
DNA polymerases I, II, III
downregulate
-E-
earth
endpoint
Eponyms, singular
-F-
F-actin
-G-
G-actin
G-band, G-bands, G-banding
G0, G1, G2 (no subscript numeral)
G0 phase,
G0-phase cell
G protein, G protein–coupled
germline
Gram stain, but gram-negative (adj) and gram positive (n)
-H-
-I-
in vitro, in vivo - roman
-J-
J-coupling
-K-
-L-
life-style, n, adj
-M-
mucous, adj
mucus, n
myosin-II
-N-
Na+/K+-ATPase, Ca2+-ATPase
nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB)
-O-
oriC, E. coli origin, origin of chromosome replication
-P-
Polo box
prometaphase
proteasome
proto-oncogene
PSI and PSII, photosystems
-Q-
-R-
-S-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
sec, seconds
-site: A-site, P-site, etc.
S-layer (surface layer)
S phase, n
S-phase, adj
strong binding state
-T-
terC, terminus of chromosome replication
T-loop
through-bond
trans-
troponin-C, troponin-I, and troponin-T
Tubules: A tubule, B tubule, C tubule
tumor-suppressor, adj
Type 1 yeast
Type I collagen, Type II collagen, etc.
-U-
upregulate
-V-
virus-borne
vs.
-W-
weak binding state
website
-X-
x-ray, unless starting a sentence
-Y-
-Z-
Z-disc
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