Telomere length assessment in human archival tissues: Combined telomere fluorescence in situ hybridization and immunostaining

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1259-1268

  Meeker, Alan K ^a   Gage, Wesley R ^a   Hicks, Jessica L ^a   Simon, Inpakala ^c   Coffman, Jonathan R ^a   Platz, Elizabeth A ^a,b   March, Gerrun E ^a   De Marzo, Angelo M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MATHWORKS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CELL CYCLE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TECHNIQUE; TELOMERE; TISSUE SECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036102606     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)62553-9     Document Type: Article

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