| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASCB | American Society For Cell Biology |
| ASBMB | American Society For Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| ISONG | Intl. Soc. Of Nurses In Genet. |
| IMA | Institute For Mathematics And Its Applications |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| SCAN | Sequence Comparison ANalysis Program |
| CCM | Chromosome Coordinating Meeting |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| NIST | Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technology |
| SCI | Society Of Chemical Industry |