Immunohistochemical detection of the DNA repair enzyme O6- methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded astrocytomas

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 643-644

  McLendon, Roger E ^a   Cleveland, Linda ^b   Pegram, Charles ^a   Bigner, Sandra H ^a   Bigner, Darell D ^a   Friedman, Henry S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 3712 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PARAFFIN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; ENZYME ASSAY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; TONSIL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASTROCYTOMA; DNA REPAIR; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; REFERENCE VALUES; TONSIL;

EID: 0031804786     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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