| Acronym | Meaning |
| HLA | Human Leukocyte Antigen |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| UCB | University Of California |
| CCM | Chromosome Coordinating Meeting |
| DDBJ | DNA Data Bank Of Japan |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research And Development Agreement |
| SBH | Sequencing By Hybridization |
| SIM | Society For Industrial Microbiology |
| CMT | Charcot-Marie-Tooth |