| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASLME | American Society Of Law |
| BER | Biological And Environmental Research |
| FASEB | Federation Of American Societies For Experimental Biology |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| EST | Expressed Sequence Tag |
| GRC | Gordon Res. Conf. |
| AFMR | American Federation Of Medical Research |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| PIR | Protein Info. Resource |
| UNC | University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill |