| Acronym | Meaning |
| CSHL | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| YAC | Yeast Artificial Chromosome |
| GPI | Genetics And Public Issues Program |
| GRC | Gordon Res. Conf. |
| ASB | American Society For Biotechnology |
| ICGEB | International Centre For Genetic Engineering And Biotechnology |
| NCGR | National Center For Genome Resources |
| ISQL | Interactive Standard Query Language |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| IBI | Institute For Biotechnology Information |