Acronyms and Glossary of Biotechnology

Aminocyclopropane-2-carboxylate
ACC

Acetylcholinesterase
AChE

American Electrophoresis Society
AES

American Institute of Biological Science
AIBS

Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
AIDS

Australian National Genomic Information Service
ANGIS

Autonomous Replication Sequence
ARS

American Society for Biotechnology
ASB

American Society for Cell Biology
ASCB

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
ASBMB

Allele Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction
AS-PCR

Adenosine Triphosphate
ATP

Bacterial Artificial Chromosome
BAC

Betaine Aldehyde dehydrogenase
BADH

Biotechnology Industry Organization
BIO

Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase
BAP

Base Pair
bp

Center for Applied Biosciences International
CABI

Capillary Array electrophoresis
CAE

x-Inactivation Center
XIC

x-Inactivation specific transcript
XIST

Yeast Artificial Chromosome
YAC

Variable Number of Tandom Repeats
VNTR

Zone Immuniassay
ZIA

Thermus Aquaticus
Taq

T-Cell Receptors
TCR

Transfer DNA
t-DNA

The Institute of Genomic Research
TIGR

Transcription Mediated Amplification
TMA

Transmissible Spongiform encephalopathy
TSE