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Glossary of biotechnology acronyms meaning and definition

Acronyms meaning

A acronyms

ACC
aminocyclopropane-2-carboxylate

AChE
acetylcholinesterase

ADB
Asian Development Bank

AES
American Electrophoresis Society

AHBFI
Africa Harvest Biotechnology Foundation International

AIBS
American Institute of Biological Sciences

AIDS
acquired immune deficiency syndrome

ANGIS
Australian National Genomic Information Service

ANVAR
Agence Nationale de la Valorisation de la Recherche

ARS
autonomous replication sequence

ASB
American Society for Biotechnology

ASBMB
American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

ASCB
American Society for Cell Biology

AS-PCR
allele specific polymerase chain reaction

ATP
adenosine triphosphate

AU-IBAR
African Union – Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources

AVRDC
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center

B acronyms

BAC
bacterial artificial chromosome

BADH
betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase

BAP
bacterial alkaline phosphatase

BFH
Bundesforschungsanstalt für Forst- und Holzwirtschaft (Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products)

BMZ
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development)

BIO
Biotechnology Industry Organization

BNL
Brookhaven National Laboratory

bp
base pair

Bt
Bacillus thuringiensis

BTCI
BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute

BTP
Biotechnology Training Programs

C acronyms

CABI
Centres for Applied Biosciences International

CAE
capillary array electrophoresis

cAMP
cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate

cDNA
complementary DNA

CE
capillary electrophoresis

CGIAR
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIAT
Centro International de Agricultura Tropical

CIFOR
Center for International Forestry Research

CIMB
Center for International Meeting on Biology

CIMMYT
Centro International de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo

CIP
Centro International de la Papa

CIRAD
Centre de coopération internationale en Recherche agronomique pour le Développement

CIRB
Colorado Institute for Research in Biotechnology

CORN
Council of Regional Networks for Genetic Services

CPHP
Crop Post-Harvest Programme (of DFID)

CSHL
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)

CTA
Centre Technique de coopération Agricole et rurale

CTG
trinucleotide repeat

CWANA
Central and West Asia and orth Africa

D acronyms

DANIDA
Danish International Development Agency

ddNTP
dideoxynucleoside triphosphate

DFID
Department for International Development (UK)

DGGE
denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid

Dnase
deoxyribonuclease

dNTP
deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP)

E acronyms

EAAP
European Association for Animal Production

EC
European Commission (of the EU)

ECO
Economic Cooperation Organization

ECP/GR
European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic Resources Networks

EFSA
European Food Safety Authority

EMBL
European Molecular Biology Laboratory

EMBO
European Molecular Biology Organisation

EMBRAPA
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuria (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation)

EORTC
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer

EPA
Environmental Protection Agency

ERDA
Energy Research and Development Administration

ES
embryonic stem

ESF
European Science Foundation

ESHG
European Society of Human Genetics

EST
expressed sequence tag

EU
European Union

EUCIB
European Collaborative Interspecific Backcross

EURESCO
European Research Conferences

F acronyms

FAD
flavin-adenine nucleotide

FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FEBS
Federation of European Biochemical Society

FISH
fluorescence in situ hybridization

FMN
flavin mononucleotide

FRAXA
fragile X locus

G acronyms

GALV
Global Alliance for Livestock Vaccines

GAS
Genome Automation System

GDB
Genome Database

GDB/OMIM
Genome Database/Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

gDNA
guide DNA

GE
genetically engineered

GESTEC
Genome Science and Technology Center

GFAR
Global Forum on Agricultural Research

GMD
Genomic Map Design

GMO
genetically modified organism

GSDB
Genome Sequence Data Base

GTZ
Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Technical Cooperation)

GWP
Global Water Partnership

H acronyms

HAC
human artificial chromosome

HAEC
human artificial episomal chromosome

HAS
human serum albumin

h-DNA
heteroduplex DNA

HGP
Human Genome Project

HHMI
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

HMDP
Homology Database

hnRNA
heterogeneous nuclear RNA

HPA
Hybridization Protection Assay

HUGO
Human Genome Organisation

I acronyms

IAC
International Agricultural Center

IARC
International Agricultural Research Centre

IBI
Institute for Biotechnology Information

IBS
ISNAR Biotechnology Service

ICAR
International Committee for Animal Recording (also: Indian Council of Agricultural Research)

ICARDA
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

ICBG
International Cooperative Biodiversity Group

ICES
International Council of Electrophoresis Societies

ICGEB
International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

ICHG
International Congress of Human Genetics

ICIPE
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

ICLARM
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (now known as WorldFish Center)

ICRA
International Center for development oriented Research in Agriculture

ICRAF
World Agroforestry Centre

ICRISAT
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

ICTA
Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologa Agricolas (Institute for Agricultural Science and Technology)

IF
initiation factor

IFAD
International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFDC
International Fertilizer Development Center

IFPRI
International Food Policy Research Institute

IG
IntelliGenetics

IGES
International Genetics Epidemiology Societies

IITA
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

ILRI
International Livestock Research Institute

IMAGE
Integrated Molecular Analysis of Gene Expression

INRA
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

INTA
Instituto Nacional de Tecnologa Agropecuaria

INTA-EEA
INTA - Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria

IPGRI
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (now known as Bioversity International)

IPM
Integrated Pest Management

IR
inverted repeat (as in inverted repeat sequence)

IRRI
International Rice Research Institute

ISAAA
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications

ISMB
Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology

ISNAR
International Service for National Agricultural Research

ITC
International Trypanotolerance Centre

IUBMB
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

IUCN
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (now known as The World Conservation Union)

IUFRO
International Union of Forestry Research Organizations

IVD
in vitro Diagnostic

IWMI
International Water Management Institute

J acronyms

JGI
Joint Genome Institute

K acronyms

KARI
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

kb
kilobase

L acronyms

LBNL
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

LCR
ligase chain reaction

LLNL
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

LTI
Life Technologies, Inc.

M acronyms

MAFF
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan and Korea)

MAFF-UK
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (UK)

MAS
Marker Assisted Selection

Mb
megabase

MDG
Millennium Development Goal (of the UN Millennium Project)

MGI
Microbial Genome Initiative

MHC
major histocompatibility complex

miRNA
microRNA

MPF
maturation/mitosis promoting factor

mRNA
messenger RNA

N acronyms

NADP+
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (oxidized)

NADPH
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced)

NARES
National Agricultural Research and Extension Service

NARI
National Agricultural Research Institute

NASBA
Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Amplification

NCGR
National Center for Genome Resources

NCI
National Cancer Institute

NEPAD
New Partnership for Africa's Development

NFCR
National Foundation for Cancer Research

NGO
non-governmental organization

NHGRI
National Human Genome Research Institute

NIH
National Institutes of Health

NLGLP
National Laboratory Gene Library Project

NRC
National Research Council

NSF
National Science Foundation

NSGC
National Society of Genetic Counselors

O acronyms

OAU
Organisation of African Unity (now known as the African Union)

OCDE
Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques
(OECD in English: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)

ORDA
NIH Office of Recombinant DNA Activities

ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

P acronyms

PAAT
Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis

PAC
P1-derived artificial chromosome

PACHG
Program Advisory Committee on the Human Genome

PAGE
polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

PCR
polymerase chain reaction

PFGE
pulsed-field gel electrophresis

PG
Plant Genome

PRGA
Participatory Research and Gender Analysis

Q acronyms

QDFM
Quantitative DNA Fiber Mapping

R acronyms

RAM
ribosomal ambiguity

RAPD
random amplified polymorphic DNA

rDNA
recombinant DNA

RFLP
restriction fragment length polymorphism

RH
radiation hybrid

RLGS
Restriction Landmark Genomic Scanning

RNA
ribonucleic acid

RNAi
RNA interference

rRNA
ribosomal RNA

S acronyms

SASE
sample sequencing

SBH
sequencing by hybridization

SCAN
Sequence Comparison Analysis Program

SHOM
sequencing by hybridization on matrices

SLP
Systemwide Livestock Programme

SNP
single nucleotide polymorphism

snRNA
small nuclear RNA

snRNP
small nuclear ribonucleo protein particle

SP-IPM
Systemwide Program on Integrated Pest Management (of CGIAR)

SSLP
single-sequence length polymorphism

SSR
simple sequence repeat

STCP
Sustainable Tree Crops Program

STRP
short tandem repeat polymorphism

STS
sequence tagged site

T acronyms

Taq
Thermus aquaticus

TCR
T-cell receptor

t-DNA
transfer DNA

TIGR
The Institute for Genomic Research

TMA
Transcription Mediated Amplification

tRNA
transfer RNA

TSE
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

U acronyms

UN
United Nations

UNDP
United Nations Development Programme

UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme

USAID
United States Agency for International Development

UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

USDA
United States Department of Agriculture

V acronyms

VNTR variable-number-of-tandem-repeats

W acronyms

WFP
World Food Programme (of UN)

WHO
World Health Organization

X acronyms

XIC
X-inactivation center

XIST
X-inactivation specific transcript

Y acronyms

YAC
yeast artificial chromosome

Z acronyms

ZIA
zone immunoassay

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