| AA | Amino acid sequence comparison. |
| CE | Coincident expression. |
| CL | Conserved genome location (synteny). |
| FC | Functional complementation. |
| FH | Formation of functional heteropolymers. |
| IX | Immunological cross-reaction. |
| NS | Not specified. |
| NT | Nucleotide sequence comparison. |
| SI | Similar response to inhibitors. |
| SL | Similar subcellular location. |
| SS | Similar substrate specificity. |
| SU | Similar subunit structure. |
| XH | Cross-hybridization to same molecular probe. |