| Acronym | Meaning |
| ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
| JGI | Joint Genome Institute |
| GDB | Genome Database |
| OHER | Office Of Health And Environmental Research |
| HNPCC | Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer |
| NORD | National Organization For Rare Disorders |
| HAEC | Human Artificial Episomal Chromosome |
| ASIS | American Society For Information Science |
| HMDP | Homology Database |
| UICM | Univ. Of Illinois College Of Medicine |