A study of glutathione S-transferase pi expression in central nervous system of subjects with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using RNA extraction from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded material

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1003-1007

  Usarek, Ewa ^a   Gajewska, Beata ^a   Kaźmierczak, Beata ^a   Kuźma, Magdalena ^a   Dziewulska, Dorota ^a   Barańczyk Kuźma, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Brain cortex; Formalin fixed; Glutathione S transferase pi; Paraffin embedded material; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PARAFFIN; RNA;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA EXTRACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 27644477778     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-005-6771-1     Document Type: Article

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