Setting proteins free: Progresses and achievements in proteomics of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues

Proteomics - Clinical Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 7-21

  Tanca, Alessandro ^a   Pagnozzi, Daniela ^a   Addis, Maria Filippa ^a  

^a Porto Conte Ricerche Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archival tissues; FFPE; Formalin fixation; LC MS MS

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ACCURACY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL DIFFERENCE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84858994198     PISSN: 18628346     EISSN: 18628354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prca.201100044     Document Type: Review

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