Enhanced detection of RNA from paraffin-embedded tissue using a panel of truncated gene-specific primers for reverse transcription

BioTechniques

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 474-478

  Mikhitarian, Kaidi ^a   Reott, Steve ^b   Hoover, Loretta ^a   Allen, Ann ^b   Cole, David J ^a   Gillanders, William E ^a   Mitas, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BRT Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; PARAFFIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; PRECIPITATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 1542375905     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/04363rn01     Document Type: Article

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