| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| ASIS | American Society For Information Science |
| OMIM | Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| UC | University Of California |
| XIST | Candidate Gene For X-inactivation Center |
| TCR | T-cell Receptor |
| AACC | American Association For Clinical Chemistry |
| EMS | Environmental Mutagen Society |
| ISONG | Intl. Soc. Of Nurses In Genet. |
| NIGMS | National Institute Of General Medical Sciences |