| Acronym | Meaning |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| PIR | Protein Info. Resource |
| CHOP | Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia |
| AGSG | Alliance Of Genetic Support Groups (now Genetic Alliance) |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| HGCC | Human Genome Coordinating Committee |
| PACHG | Program Advisory Committee On The Human Genome |
| GBR | Global Business Research |
| CTG | Trinucleotide Repeat |
| ASIS | American Society For Information Science |