| Acronym | Meaning |
| PG | Plant Genome |
| LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| HNPCC | Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer |
| PIR | Protein Info. Resource |
| OTA | Office Of Technology Assessment |
| BER | Biological And Environmental Research |
| ACMG | American College Of Medical Genet. |
| UCLA | University Of California |
| ISMB | Intelligent Systems For Molecular Biology |
| NICHD | National Institute Of Child Health And Human Development |