| Acronym | Meaning |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| CHI | Cambridge Healthtech Inst. |
| MMRF | Marshfield Medical Research Foundation |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| XIST | Candidate Gene For X-inactivation Center |
| FRAXA | Fragile X Locus |
| NAPBC | Natl. Action Plan On Breast Cancer |
| RAPD | Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA |
| CIRB | Colorado Institute For Research In Biotechnology |
| LTI | Life Technologies |