| Acronym | Meaning |
| EORTC | European Organization For Research And Treatment Of Cancer |
| NABT | Natl. Assoc. Of Biology Teachers |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| PIR | Protein Info. Resource |
| SSR | Simple Sequence Repeat |
| HICSS | Hawaii Intl. Conf. On Systems Sci. |
| NCI | Natl. Cancer Institute |
| EDS | Electronic Data Submission |
| BS/SCF | Biological Sequence/Structure Computational Facility |
| OBER | Office Of Biological And Environmental Research |