| Acronym | Meaning |
| CHH | Cartilage-hair Hypoplasia |
| NHGRI | Natl. Human Genome Res. Inst. |
| FEBS | Fed. Of Eur. Biochem. Soc. |
| SASE | Sample Sequencing |
| MMRF | Marshfield Medical Research Foundation |
| JGI | Joint Genome Institute |
| BACR | British Association For Cancer Research |
| NIST | Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technology |
| ACE | Angiotensin-converting Enzyme |
| CFF | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation |