Formalin fixation at low temperature better preserves nucleic acid integrity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Bussolati, Gianni ^a   Annaratone, Laura ^a   Medico, Enzo ^a   D'Armento, Giuseppe ^a   Sapino, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAMMAGLOBIN; RIBONUCLEASE; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METHODOLOGY;

COLD TEMPERATURE; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 79958818350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021043     Document Type: Article

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