A

ACCP

acidic phosphatase prostate

AR

androgen receptor

ARE element

androgen responsive

aRNA

amplified RNA

ARNT

aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator

ATCC

American Type Culture Collection

B

BAC

bacteria artificial chromosomes

BLAST

basic local alignment search tool

BPH

benign prostate hyperplasia

C

[Ca2+]i

cytosolic Ca2+ concentration

cRNA

copy RNA

CCD

cooled chargecoupled device

CCE

capacitive calcium entry

CCS

charcoal (treated) serum

CFP

cyan fluorescent protein

CGH

comparative genomic hybridization

CHO

chinese hamster ovarian cells

D

DABCO

1.4-diazobicyclo-(2.2.2)-octane

DAG

Diacylglycerol

DAPI

4'.6-diamidino-2-phenylindole

d NTPs

2’-deoxynucleotide-5’-triphosphate

DRE

Digital Rectal Examination

DRG

Dorsal root ganglia

D

DSMZ

Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (German Collection of Mi­croorganisms and Cell Cultures)

E

ER

endoplasmic reticulum

EST

expressed sequence tag

Ev

empty vector

F

F

Fluorescence

FACS

fluorescence activated cells sorter

FBS

fetal bovine serum

FISH

fluorecence in situ hybridzation

FITC

fuoresceine Isothiocyanate

FLIPR

fluorescent Imaging Plate Reader

Fp

Flavoprotein

FRET

fluorescence resonance energy transport

G

GG

Gleason Grading

GPCR

G-protein coupled receptor

GTC

guanidine thiocyanate

H

H

Hour

HGNC

HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee

HRP

horse radish peroxidase

Hs

homo sapiens

HTGS

high throughput genome sequences

HUGO

human genome organisation

K

kD

kilo Dalton

M

MB

mega bases

Mm

mus musculus

MYC

v-myc myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog

N

NE

Neuroendocrine

NFE2L1

nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like

NKX3-1

NK3 transcription factor related, locus 1 (Droso­phila)

O

ORF

open reading frame

P

PAP

prostatic acid phosphatase

PBS

phosphate buffered saline

PE

Phycoerithrin

PIN

prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia

PLC

Phospholipase C

PMQ

perfect match quintile

PRX2

paired related homeobox protein 2

R

Rn

rattus norvegicus

RP

radical prostatectomy

RT

reverse transcription

S

SDHA

succinate dehydrogenase complex, subunit A,

SKY

spectral karyotyping

SOC

store operated Ca2+ channels

SR

serine/arginine-rich

STS

sequence-tagged site

SV

Splice variant

T

TM

Transmembrane

TNM

tumor node metastasis

TRP

transient receptor potential

TRUS

transrectal ultrasonography

U

UTR

untranslated region

W

WT

wild type

Y

YFP protein

yellow fluorescent