| Acronym | Meaning |
| CHOP | Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia |
| KB | Kilobase |
| EDS | Electronic Data Submission |
| AAIP | American Association Of Investigative Pathologists |
| HGP | Human Genome Project |
| CCD | Charged Coupled Device |
| NIST | Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technology |
| ESHG | European Society Of Human Genetics |
| PIR | Protein Info. Resource |
| FASEB | Federation Of American Societies For Experimental Biology |