Modified formalin and methanol fixation methods for molecular biological and morphological analyses

Pathology International

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 685-691

  Noguchi, Masayuki ^a,b   Furuya, Shuichiroh ^c   Takeuchi, Tomoyo ^a,b   Hirohashi, Setsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

EDTA; Formalin; Methanol; Molecular analysis; Tissue fixation

Indexed keywords

DNA; EDETIC ACID; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; METHANOL;

ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030730787     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb04442.x     Document Type: Article

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