| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASM | American Society For Microbiology |
| HGP | Human Genome Project |
| CMT | Charcot-Marie-Tooth |
| MBL | Marine Biological Laboratory |
| NSF | Natl. Sci. Foundation |
| PIR | Protein Info. Resource |
| ISMB | Intelligent Systems For Molecular Biology |
| PFGE | Pulsed-field Gel Electrophresis |
| AHA | American Heart Association |
| GMCRF | General Motors Cancer Res. Foundation |