| Acronym | Meaning |
| YAC | Yeast Artificial Chromosome |
| BDG | Batten's Disease Gene |
| MOD | March Of Dimes |
| ASBMB | American Society For Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| NYAS | New York Academy Of Science |
| TIGR | The Inst. For Genomic Research |
| ASCB | American Society For Cell Biology |
| WCCS | Workshop On Complete CDNA Sequencing |
| SCI | Society Of Chemical Industry |
| WSES | World Scientific And Engineering Society |