Improved PCR amplification for molecular analysis using DNA from long-term preserved formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded lung cancer tissue specimens

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-79

  Taga, Masataka ^a   Eguchi, Hidetaka ^a,b   Shinohara, Tomoko ^a   Takahashi, Keiko ^a   Ito, Reiko ^a   Yasui, Wataru ^c   Nakachi, Kei ^a   Kusunoki, Yoichiro ^a   Hamatani, Kiyohiro ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA restoration; FFPE; Lung tissue specimen; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; DNA RESTORATION; FFPE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LUNG TISSUE SPECIMEN; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PCR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

DNA RESTORATION; FFPE; LUNG TISSUE SPECIMEN; PCR;

DNA, NEOPLASM; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84870451374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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