The proteomics of formalin-fixed wax-embedded tissue

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 546-551

  Vincenti, David Cilia ^a   Murray, Graeme I ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cancer; Formalin fixed; Laser microdissection; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Pathology; Peptide; Proteome; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; TUMOR MARKER; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

EXTRACTION; FORMALIN FIXED WAX EMBEDDED TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGING; LASER MICRODISSECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; TISSUE SECTION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE FIXATION; NEOPLASM;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FORMALDEHYDE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEOPLASMS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84891713704     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.10.002     Document Type: Review

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