| Acronym | Meaning |
| ERDA | Energy Research And Development Administration |
| ATP | Advanced Technology Program |
| XIST | Candidate Gene For X-inactivation Center |
| CF | Cystic Fibrosis |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology |
| AACC | American Association For Clinical Chemistry |
| OMIM | Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| IUBMB | Intl. Union Of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology |
| RLGS | Restriction Landmark Genomic Scanning |