Methacarn fixation: A novel tool for analysis of gene expressions in paraffin-embedded tissue specimens

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-208

  Shibutani, Makoto ^a   Uneyama, Chikako ^a   Miyazaki, Keiko ^a   Toyoda, Kazuhiro ^a   Hirose, Masao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0034049097     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780023     Document Type: Article

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