Toward improving the proteomic analysis of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue

Expert Review of Proteomics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 389-400

  Fowler, Carol B ^a   O'Leary, Timothy J ^b   Mason, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antigen retrieval; formalin fixed, paraffin embedded; liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; matrix assisted, laser desorption ionization imaging mass spectrometry; protein extraction; proteomics; reverse phase protein array

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAFFIN; PROTEOMICS; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84894084081     PISSN: 14789450     EISSN: 17448387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2013.820531     Document Type: Review

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