List of acronyms

This page provides a **list of acronyms** used on this site and in bioinformatics in general. This list is not meant to be any sort of official or conclusive document, rather a reference to what currently appears to be associated with any given acronym. Please refer to any given disambiguation page, if it exists.

## 0 - 9

* 13C
	+ carbon-13
* 15N
	+ nitrogen-15
* 1H
	+ hydrogen-1
* 2D NMR
	+ two dimensional NMR
* 3-D
	+ three-dimensional
* 3D
	+ three-dimensional
* 3did
	+ database of three-dimensional interacting domains
* 3DID
	+ database of three-dimensional interacting domains

A

* A
	+ adenine
	+ adenosine
	+ one-letter code for alanine
	+ alpha
* *A*260
	+ absorbance at 260 nm
* AA
	+ Amino acid
	+ Arachidonic acid
* AADC
	+ Aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase
	+ Amino acid decarboxylase
* AANT
	+ Amino acid-nucleotide interaction database
* AARS
	+ Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase
* AB
	+ antibody
* Ab
	+ antibody
* Ac
	+ acetyl
* ABA
	+ Ascidian Body Atlas
* ABC
	+ ATP-binding cassette
* ABCdb
	+ ABC database
* ABS
	+ database of Annotated regulatory Binding Sites from orthologous promoters
* ABTS
	+ 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid)
* AceDB
	+ A *C. elegans* DataBase
* acetyl CoA
	+ acetyl coenzyme A
* ACLAME
	+ A Classification of Mobile genetic Elements
* AcMNPV
	+ *Autographica californica* multiply-enveloped nuclear polyhedrosis virus
* ACS
	+ American Chemical Society
* ACTH
	+ adrenocorticotropic hormone
* ADA
	+ adenosine deaminase
* ADC
	+ analog-to-digital converter
* ADDA
	+ Automatic Domain Decomposition Algorithm
* ADH
	+ alcohol dehydrogenase
* ADIT
	+ AutoDep Input Tool
* ADP
	+ adenosine 5'-diphosphate
* ADReCS
	+ Adverse Drug Reaction Classification System
* ADSL
	+ asynchronous digital subscriber line
* AEC
	+ 3-amino-9-ethylcarbazole
* AES
	+ 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane
* AEX
	+ anion exchange
* AFLP
	+ amplified fragment length polymorphism
* Ag
	+ Antigen
* AGD
	+ *Ashbya* Genome Database
* AGRIS
	+ Arabidopsis Gene Regulatory Information Server
* AHTP
	+ antihypertensive peptide
* AHTPDB
	+ Database of Antihypertensive Peptides
* AIDS
	+ acquired immune deficiency syndrome
* AK
	+ adenosine kinase
* ala
	+ three-letter code for alanine
* ALA
	+ three-letter code for alanine
* ALARA
	+ as low as reasonably achievable
* ALFRED
	+ Allele Frequency Database
* ALPS
	+ autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome
* ALS
	+ amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
* AM
	+ acetoxymethyl ester compound (used as a suffix, e.g. fura-2 AM)
	+ acetomethyl (moiety)
* AMan
	+ anhydro-D-mannose
* AMP
	+ adenosine 5'-monophosphate
* AMPA
	+ α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid
* AMPPD
	+ disodium 3,4-methoxyspiro({1,2-dioxetane-3,2-tricyclo[3.3.1.13,7]decan})phenyl phosphate
* AMV
	+ avian myeloblastosis virus
* ANOVA
	+ analysis of variance
* AP
	+ action potential
	+ alkaline phosphatase
	+ apyrimidinic (sites)
	+ associated/accessory protein
* APA
	+ alternative polyadenylation
* APD
	+ Antimicrobial Peptide Database
* APH
	+ aminoglycoside phosphotransferase
* APHIS
	+ Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
* API
	+ Application Programming Interface
* aPKC
	+ atypical protein kinase C
* Apr
* APRT
	+ adenosine phosphoribosyltransferase
* APS
	+ ammonium persulfate
* ARDB
	+ Antibiotic Resistance Genes Database
* ARE
	+ AU-rich element
* ARED
	+ AU-Rich Element-Containg mRNA Database
* ARG
	+ three-letter code for arginine
* arg
	+ three-letter code for arginine
* ARS
	+ autonomous replication sequences
* AS
	+ alternative splicing
	+ antisense
* AS-ALPS
	+ Alternative Splicing-induced Alteration of Protein Structure
* ASAP
	+ Alternative Splicing Annotation Project
* ASC
	+ Active Sequences Collection
* ASD
	+ alternative splicing data
* ASN
	+ three-letter code for asparagine
* asn
	+ three-letter code for asparagine
* ASN.1
	+ Abstract Syntax Notation 1
* ASP
	+ three-letter code for aspartic acid
* asp
	+ three-letter code for aspartic acid
* ASPECT
	+ augmented surface polyethylene prepared by chemical transformation
* ASRP
	+ *Arabidopsis* Small RNA Project
* ASX
	+ three-letter ambiguous code used to represent an amino acid that is either aspartic acid or asparagine
* ATA
	+ aurintricarboxylic acid
* ATCC
	+ American Type Culture Collection
* AtcisDB
	+ Arabidopsis *cis*-regulatory element database
* AtGDB
	+ *Arabidopsis thaliana* Genome Database
* AtTFDB
	+ Arabidopsis transcription factor database
* ATP
	+ adenosine 5'-triphosphate
* ATPase
	+ adenosine triphosphatase
* AUFS
	+ absorbance units, full scale
* AUS
	+ *Arthrobacter ureafaciens*
* AVP
	+ antiviral peptide

B

* BAC
	+ bacterial artificial chromosome
* BDNF
	+ brain-derived neurotrophic factor
* bp
	+ base pair
* BMRB
	+ Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank
* BP
	+ binding protein
* BrdU
	+ 5-bromodeoxyuridine
* BSA
	+ bovine serum albumin

C

* C
	+ catalytic
	+ chi
* C#orf#
	+ chromosome # open reading frame #
* cAMP
	+ cyclic AMP
* CCDS
	+ Consensus CDS
* CD
	+ circular dichroism
* CDD
	+ Conserved Domain Database
* cfu
	+ colony-forming unit
* cGMP
	+ cyclic GMP
* CDP
	+ cytidine 5'-diphosphate
* CHAPS
	+ 3-(3-cholamidopropyl) diethyl-ammonio-1-propanesulfonate
* ChIP
	+ chromatin immunoprecipitation
* CHO
	+ Chinese hamster ovary
* CL
	+ C terminal-like
* CM
	+ centimorgan
* CMP
	+ cytidine 5'-monophosphate
* CMV
	+ cytomegalovirus
* CNS
	+ central nervous system
* CoA
	+ coenzyme A
* CoASH
	+ coenzyme A
* Co-eIF-2
	+ co-eukaryotic initiation factor-2
* COSY
	+ correlation spectroscopy
* COX
	+ cyclooxygenase
* cpm
	+ counts per minute
* CR
	+ chromosome/critical region
* CTP
	+ cytidine 5'-triphosphate

D

* D
	+ one-letter code for aspartic acid
	+ domain containing
* dbEST
	+ Database of Expressed Sequence Tags
* dbGSS
	+ Database of Genome Survey Sequences
* dbVar
	+ Database of Genomic Structural Variation
* dbGaP
	+ Database of Genotypes and Phenotypes
* dbMHC
	+ Database of Major Histocompatibility Complex
* dbSNP
	+ Database of Short Genetic Variations
* DC
	+ domain containing

E

* EuPathDB
	+ Eukaryotic Pathogen Database Resources

F

* F
	+ phi
* FABA
	+ Four-dimensional Ascidian Body Atlas
* FAM
	+ family with sequence similarity
* FELCA
	+ *Felis catus* (cat)

H

* HG
	+ host gene

I

* IC50
	+ inhibitory concentration
* IN
	+ inhibitor
* IP
	+ interacting protein
* IT
	+ intronic transcript

L

* L
	+ free ligand
	+ like
* LG
	+ ligand
* LOH
	+ loss of heterozygosity

M

* M
	+ free macromolecule
	+ mitochondrial
* MG
	+ molecular graphics
* MGE
	+ mobile genetic element
* ML
	+ bound complex of a macromolecule and a ligand
* MT
	+ mitochondrial

N

* N
	+ one-letter code for asparagine
	+ inhibitor
* NL
	+ N terminal-like

O

* OS
	+ operating system
	+ opposite strand
	+ overlapping transcript

P

* P
	+ pseudogene
* pIC50
	+ log value of inhibitory concentration
* PPI
	+ protein-protein interaction

Q

* Q
	+ quantitative trait

R

* R
	+ one-letter code for arginine
	+ receptor
* RG
	+ regulator
* RT
	+ record type

S

* SAPAS
	+ Sequencing Polyadenylation Sites
* SCHPO
	+ *Schizosaccharomyces pombe* (yeast)
* STY
	+ semantic type

T

* TU
	+ transcriptional unit

U

* U
	+ psi
* UI
	+ unique identifier

W

* W
	+ omega

Y

* Y
	+ upsilon
* YEAST
	+ *Saccharomyces cerevisiae* (yeast)

## Other

* @
	+ gene cluster in chromosomal region
* #
	+ gene family