Preparation of cells from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue for use in fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) experiments

Current Protocols in Human Genetics

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages 8.8.1-8.8.10

  Weremowicz, Stanislawa ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Archived tissue; Fish; Interphase cytogenetics

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; DNA PROBE; FIXATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SUSPENSION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NUMERICAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; TISSUE FIXATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SEPARATION; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DEVICES; DNA PROBE; HUMAN; MICROTOMY; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SEPARATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA PROBES; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTOMY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84949217550     PISSN: 19348266     EISSN: 19348258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142905.hg0808s84     Document Type: Article

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