Questioning the utility of pooling samples in microarray experiments with cell lines

International Journal of Biological Markers

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-73

  Lusa, Lara ^a,b   Cappelletti, V ^a   Gariboldi, M ^a,b   Ferrario, C ^a,b   De Cecco, L ^a,b   Reid, J F ^a,b   Toffanin, S ^a   Gallus, G ^a,c   McShane, L M ^d   Daidone, M G ^a   Pierotti, M A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affymetrix GeneChips; Breast cancer; DNA microarrays; MCF 7 cell line; Sample pooling; Toremifene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR PROBE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747038650     PISSN: 03936155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/JBM.2008.2616     Document Type: Article

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