An Alternative Fixative to Formalin Fixation for Molecular Applications: The RCL2®-CS100 Approach

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 724, Issue , 2011, Pages 297-307

  Denouël, Amélie ^a   Boissière Michot, Florence ^a   Rochaix, Philippe ^b   Bibeau, Frédéric ^a   Boulle, Nathalie ^c  

^a CENTRE VAL D AURELLE   (France)

^b Claudius Regaud Institut   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

DNA; Formalin; Immunohistochemistry; Nucleic acids; RCL2 CS100; RNA; Tissue fixation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; DNA; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLON TUMOR; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE FIXATION;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DNA; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-20; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RNA; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 79958278458     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-055-3_19     Document Type: Chapter

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