Formalin fixing and paraffin embedding may lead to extra band development in PCR

New Microbiologica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-198

  Cataloluk O ^a   Cakmak E A ^a   Buyukberber, N ^a   Barlas, O ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Formalin fixing; IS 6110; M. tuberculosis complex; Paraffin embedding; PCR

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; NUCLEIC ACID; PARAFFIN; FIXATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS; ARTIFACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE FIXATION;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTIFACTS; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE FIXATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0038142664     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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