| Acronym | Meaning |
| HHMI | Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| MIMBD | Meet. On The Interconnection Of Mol. Biol. Databases |
| OTA | Office Of Technology Assessment |
| UICM | Univ. Of Illinois College Of Medicine |
| HELSRD | Health Effects And Life Science Research Division |
| SSR | Simple Sequence Repeat |
| EDS | Electronic Data Submission |
| ASCI | American Society For Clinical Investigation |
| MB | Megabase |
| DOE | Department Of Energy |