Microwave treatment enhances detection of RNA and DNA by in situ hybridization

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 291-296

  Sperry, Annette ^a   Jin, Long ^a   Lloyd, Ricardo V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin probes; Chromogranin probes; In situ hybridization; Microwaving

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; RNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JC VIRUS; LIVER CARCINOMA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION;

DIGOXIGENIN; DNA; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROWAVES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0029912710     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019606-199612000-00011     Document Type: Article

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