Acronyms and Initialisms

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A  B  C D  E  F  G  H  I  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  W  Y 
 
 
A 
 
  • AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science 
  • ABI Applied Biosystems, Inc. 
  • AEC Atomic Energy Commission 
  • AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome 
  • ANL Argonne National Laboratory 
  • ATP Advanced Technology Program

B
  • BAC bacterial artificial chromosome 
  • BCM Baylor College of Medicine 
  • BDG Batten's disease gene 
  • BER Biological and Environmental Research 
  • bp base pair 
  • BSCS Biological Sciences Curriculum Study 

C
  • CAE capillary array electrophoresis 
  • cDNA complementary DNA 
  • CE capillary electrophoresis 
  • cM centimorgan 
  • CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

D
  • DNA deoxyribonucleic acid 
  • DOE Department of Energy 

E
  • EDS electronic data submission 
  • ELSI ethical, legal, and social issues 
  • ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration 
  • EST expressed sequence tag 

F
  • FISH fluorescence in situ hybridization 
  • FMF familial Mediterranean fever 

G
  • GDB Genome Database
  • GPI Genetics and Public Issues Program
  • GRAIL Gene Recognition and Analysis Internet Link
  • GSDB Genome Sequence Data Base


H
  • HAEC human artificial episomal chromosome
  • HELSRD Health Effects and Life Science Research Division
  • HGMIS Human Genome Management Information System
  • HGN Human Genome News
  • HGP Human Genome Project
  • HLA human leukocyte antigen
  • HUGO Human Genome Organisation

I,J,K
  • IMAGE Integrated Molecular Analysis of Gene Expression
  • JGI Joint Genome Institute
  • kb kilobase

L
  • LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • LTI Life Technologies, Inc.

M
  • MALDI matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization
  • Mb megabase
  • MS mass spectrometry

N
  • NCGR National Center for Genome Resources
  • NIH National Institutes of Health
  • NLGLP National Laboratory Gene Library Project

O
  • OBER Office of Biological and Environmental Research
  • OHER Office of Health and Environmental Research
  • ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory

P
  • PAC P1 artificial chromosome
  • PATCO Premier American Technologies Corp.
  • PLC programmable logic controller

Q
  • QDFM Quantitative DNA Fiber Mapping

R
  • R&D research and development

S
  • SASE sample sequencing
  • SBH sequencing by hybridization
  • SBIR Small Business Innovation Research
  • SCAN Sequence Comparison ANalysis Program
  • SCW single-chromosome workshop
  • SHOM sequencing by hybridization on matrices
  • STS sequence-tagged site
  • STTR Small Business Technology Transfer

T
  • TCR T-cell receptor

U
  • UC University of California
  • UCB University of California, Berkeley
  • USDA U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
  • UW University of Washington 

W
  • WHS Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome

Y
  • YAC yeast artificial chromosome

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