Toward deciphering proteomes of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues

Proteomics

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1045-1058

  Magdeldin, Sameh ^a,b   Yamamoto, Tadashi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

FFPE; Fixation; Formalin; Proteome; Review

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; PROTEOME;

FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEOMICS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STORAGE; TISSUE FIXATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MICE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84859965675     PISSN: 16159853     EISSN: 16159861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100550     Document Type: Review

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