MicroRNA Isolation from Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissues

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 724, Issue , 2011, Pages 259-267

  Liu, Aihua ^a   Xu, Xiaowei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE); Microarray profiling; MicroRNA; qPCR

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; FORMALDEHYDE; MICRORNA; PARAFFIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE FIXATION;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RNA; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 79958289412     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-055-3_16     Document Type: Chapter

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