| Acronym | Meaning |
| USDA | U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture |
| CIMB | Center For International Meeting On Biology |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| IUBMB | Intl. Union Of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology |
| SNP | Single Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| PACHG | Program Advisory Committee On The Human Genome |
| FMF | Familial Mediterranean Fever |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| NCI | Natl. Cancer Institute |
| RAPD | Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA |