An optimised for the extraction of non-viral mRNA from human plasma frozen for three years

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 766-768

  Wong, S C C ^a   Lo, E S F ^a   Cheung, M T ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MESSENGER RNA; REAGENT; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADDITION REACTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; BLOOD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CRYOPRESERVATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

BETA CATENIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 3242892834     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.007880     Document Type: Article

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