Molecular analysis of a collection of clinical specimens stored at 4°C as an alternative to snap-freezing

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 381-386

  Sewart, Susan ^a   Barraclough, Roger ^a   Rudland, Philip S ^a   West, Christopher R ^a   Barraclough, Dong Liu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 C or snap frozen in liquid nitrogen; Array hybridisation; Clinical tissue specimens; Isolation of DNA; RNA and protein

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALVASCULIN; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIQUID NITROGEN; MYC PROTEIN; MYOSIN; OSTEOPONTIN; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERIALS HANDLING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA ANALYSIS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; FREEZING; GENETICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REFRIGERATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 69449104036     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo_00000350     Document Type: Article

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