| Acronym | Meaning |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| AES | American Electrophoresis Society |
| GESTEC | Genome Science And Technology Center |
| TCR | T-cell Receptor |
| ICPEMC | International Commission On Protection Against Environmental Mutagens And Carcinogens |
| EST | Expressed Sequence Tag |
| CDC | Centers For Disease Control |
| SNP | Single Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| NCSA | National Center For Supercomputing Applications |