| Acronym | Meaning |
| UW | University Of Washington |
| EST | Expressed Sequence Tag |
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| FMF | Familial Mediterranean Fever |
| RLGS | Restriction Landmark Genomic Scanning |
| GMCRF | General Motors Cancer Res. Foundation |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| OMIM | Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratory |
| EL.B.A. | ELectronics And Biotechnology Advanced |