Sample preparation and PCR amplification from paraffin-embedded tissues

Genome Research

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1994, Pages

  Greer, Catherine E ^a   Wheeler, Cosette M ^b   Manos, M Michele ^c  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FIXATIVE; PARAFFIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0028216769     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.3.6.S113     Document Type: Article

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