Methacarn fixation - Effects of tissue processing and storage conditions on detection of mRNAs and proteins in paraffin-embedded tissues

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 351, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-43

  Lee, Kyoung Youl ^a,b   Shibutani, Makoto ^a   Inoue, Kaoru ^a   Kuroiwa, Keiko ^a   U, Mami ^a   Woo, Gye Hyeong ^a   Hirose, Masao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expression analysis; Methacarn; Molecular integrity; Paraffin embedded tissue

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; PARAFFINS; PROTEINS;

ETHANOL DEHYDRATION; EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; EXPRESSION LEVELS; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; METHACARN; MOLECULAR INTEGRITY; SUITABLE CONDITIONS; TISSUE PROCESSING;

TISSUE;

FIXATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; METHACARN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIVER; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645032798     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.01.032     Document Type: Article

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