Effects of formalin, methacarn, and finefix fixatives on RNA preservation

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-122

  Dotti, Isabella ^a   Bonin, Serena ^a,b   Basili, Giorgio ^a   Nardon, Ermanno ^a,b   Balani, Alessandro ^a   Siracusano, Salvatore ^b   Zanconati, Fabrizio ^a   Palmisano, Silvia ^a   De Manzini, Nicolò ^a   Stanta, Giorgio ^a,c  

^a Dipartimento Universitario   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archival tissues; Fixation procedures; RNA preservation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE BETA POLYPEPTIDE; ALCOHOL; BETA ACTIN; FINEFIX; FORMALDEHYDE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHACARN; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ACETIC ACID; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL LINE; CHLOROFORM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; METHANOL; PATHOLOGY, MOLECULAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 77953161949     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PDM.0b013e3181b520f8     Document Type: Article

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