A Adenine

AAE Acides Aminés Excitateurs

AAT Aspartate AminoTransférase

ABGC American Board of Genetic Counseling

AChE AcétylCholine Estérase

ACP Amplification en Chaîne par Polymérase

ADA Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency

ADN Acide DésoxyriboNucléique

ADNc Acide DésoxyriboNucléique complémentaire

ADNmt Acide DésoxyriboNucléique mitochondrial

ADN-Z ADN Zigzag

ADNc ADN complémentaire

AFLP Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism

AG Aza-8 Guanine / 8-Azaguanine

AJHG American Journal of Human Genetics

ALPS Autoimmune LymphoProliferative Syndrome

AOA Acide OxyaminoAcétique

Ara-C .fr. Cytarabine, cytosine-arabinoside / .eng. Cytosine arabinoside

ARN Acide RiboNucléique (- Idem RNA)

ARNm ARN messager (- Idem mRNA)

ASB Albumine Sérique Bovine

ASHG American Society for Human Genetics

AT AdenineThymine

BAC Bacterial Artificial Chromosome

bDNA Branched DNA Assay / ADN branché

Biology Online - Information in the life sciences in the form of tutorials, references, an online dictionary of biology terms and a biology forum.

bp base pair

BRG Bureau des Ressources Génétiques (FR)

BuChE ButyrylCholine Estérase

C Cytosine

CAGC-ACCG Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors - Association Canadienne des Conseillers en Génétique

cDNA complementary DNA / ADNc

ChAT Choline AcétylTransférase

cM centiMorgan

CMH Complexe Majeur d'Histocompatibilité (Idem MHC)

CNS Centre National de Séquençage (FR)

Counseling
Masters in Counseling List of all masters in counseling college programs offered in the US.

cpDNA Chloroplast DNA

DMSO DiMethylSulfOxyde

DPPA DiphenylPhosPhorylAzide

DTT Dithiothreitol

DUE DNA Unwiding Element

EA Early Antigen

EBI European Bioinformatics Institute (UK) The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) is a non-profit academic organisation that forms part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).

EDTA Acide EthyleneDiamineTetraacetique

EGF European Genetics Foundation

EMPReSS European Mouse Phenotyping Resource of Standardised Screens (database of validated Standard Operating Procedures - SOPs for screens to determine the phenotype of a mouse)

Ensembl Ensembl is a joint project between EMBL - EBI and the Sanger Institute to develop a software system which produces and maintains automatic annotation on selected eukaryotic genomes. Ensembl is primarily funded by the Wellcome Trust.

EST Expressed Sequence Tag

EUMORPHIA Understanding Human Disease Through Mouse Genetics

ExPASy Expert Protein Analysis System (CH, proteomics server)

FACIT Fibril-Associated Collagens with Interrupted Triple helix

FISH Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization

G Guanine

GAD Glutamate Décarboxylase

GAS Genome Automation System

GBASE Genome Database of the Mouse

GDB Genome Database

GDB/OMIM Genome Database / Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

Genethique Site d’information et d’analyse sur l’actualité bioéthique.Revue de presse et dossiers en bioéthique.

GIG Genetic Interest Group (UK)

GILSP Good Industrial Large Scale Practice (OECD, 1992, Guide line safety considerations for Biotechnology, recombinant DNA micro-organisms)

GMO Genetically Modified Organisms (same as OMG)

GMPt Genetically Modified Plant (same as PGM)

GO Gene Ontology. The Gene Ontology project provides a controlled vocabulary to describe gene and gene product attributes in any organism.

GRP 78 Glucose Regulated Protein 78KDa

GSAC International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference

HAC Human Artificial Chromosome

HAEC Human Artificial Episomal Chromosome

hnRNA heterogenous nuclear RNA

HPRT Hypoxanthine Guanine Phosphoribosyl Transferase / Hypoxanthine Guanine Phosphoribosyl Transférase

HSP47 Heat Shock Protein 47KDa, Protéine Chaperonne

HUGO Human Genome Organisation

ICSI IntraCytoplasmic Sperm Injection

IHOP Information Hyperlinked Over Proteins

IL-1 Interleukine 1

IMAGE Integrated Molecular Analysis of Gene Expression

kb Kilobase (molecular genetics unit) DEFINITION

KROMOSOFT Promoting Genetics Awareness for a Healthier Society

LRT Longue Répétition Terminale (Idem LTR)

LTR Long Terminal Repeat (same ass LRT)

Mb Megabase

MCD Mouse Cytogenetic Database

MEN1 Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1

MGD Mouse Genome Database

MHC Major Histocompatibility Complex (same as CMH)

MIC-RNA Messenger Interfering Complementary RNA

mRNA Messenger RNA

MTT 3,(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2,5diphenyl)-tetrazoliumbromide

NAD Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide / Nicotinamide Adénine Dinucléotide

NHGRI National Human Genome Research Institute

NNRTI Non Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor

NPC Niemann-Pick disease type C

NSGC National Society of Genetic Counselors

OGM Organismes Génétiquement Modifiés (Idem GMO)

ORE Origin Recognition Element

ORF Open Reading Frame (molecular genetics)

PAC P1 - Derived Artificial Chromosome

PAGE Poly Acrylamide Gel Electrophorese

PANTHER Protein Analysis THrough Evolutionary Relationships (classification system)

PBS Phosphate Buffer Saline

PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction

PERT Product-Enhanced Reverse Transcriptase

PG Plant Genome

PGA Poly Glycolic Acid

PGM Plante Génétiquement Modifiée (- Idem GMPt)

PGR Plant Genetic Resources

PGRA Plant Genetic Resources for Agriculture

PGRC Plant Genetic Resource Centre

PLLA Poly L-Lactic Acid

PRIME Priorities for Mouse Functional Genomics Research in Europe

QDFM Quantitative DNA Fiber Mapping

RAPD Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA

Reactome A curated knowledgebase of biological pathways.

RFLP Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (DNA) (same as PTFR)

RH Radiation Hybrid

RIN Ripening Inhibitor (un gène inhibiteur de la maturation)

RLGS Restriction Landmark Genomic Scanning

RNA Ribo Nucleic Acid

RNG-CNRG Réseau National des Génopoles - Consortium National de Recherche en Génomique

RP Regulatory Particle

rRNA ribosomal RNA

RT-PCR Real Time - Polymerase Chain Reaction

SAGE Serial Analysis of Gene Expression

SASE Sample Sequencing

SBH Sequencing By Hybridization

SCAN Sequence Comparison ANalysis Program

SCID Severe Combined ImmunoDeficiency

SCW Single-Chromosome Workshop

SDS Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate

SHOM Sequencing by Hybridization On Matrices

SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics - See ExPASy

SNPs Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

snRNP Small Nuclear RiboNucleo Protein Particle

SOD Super Oxyde Dismutase

SKT Spectral KaryoType

SSLP Single-Sequence Length Polymorphism

SSR Simple Sequence Repeat

STRP Short Tandem Repeat Polymorphism

STS Sequence-Tagged Site

SVF Serum de Veau Foetal

T Thymine

TDF Testis Determining Factor

TG Thio-6 Guanine / 6-ThioGuanine

TNFa Tumor Necrosis Factor a

TPI Triose Phosphate Isomerase

tRNA transfer RNA

UNIPROT The Universal Protein Resource. UniProt is the world's most comprehensive catalog of information on proteins. It is a central repository of protein sequence and function created by joining the information contained in Swiss-Prot, TrEMBL, and PIR.

Unique Rare chromosome disorder support group

WCCS Workshop on Complete cDNA Sequencing

YAC Yeast Artificial Chromosome

Z-DNA Zig-zag DNA (same as ADN-Z)