Analyses and interpretation of whole-genome gene expression from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue: An illustration with breast cancer tissues

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kibriya, Muhammad G ^a   Jasmine, Farzana ^a   Roy, Shantanu ^a   Paul Brutus, Rachelle M ^a   Argos, Maria ^a   Ahsan, Habibul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CBL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; G BOX BINDING FACTOR; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 1; LAMININ; LAMININ BETA1; LAMININ GAMMA1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN ANKFY1; PROTEIN CNOT3; PROTEIN CYP2U1; PROTEIN LNX1; PROTEIN SMTN; PROTEIN TPCN1; PROTEIN WRB; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX18; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE 101 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; METHODOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR GENE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, NEOPLASM; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TISSUE FIXATION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 78049460642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-622     Document Type: Article

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