Impact of storage conditions on the quality of nucleic acids in paraffin embedded tissues.

RNA and DNA analyses from paraffin-embedded tissues (PET) are an important diagnostic tool for characterization of a disease, exploring biomarkers and treatment options. Since nucleic acids from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue are of limited use for molecular analyses due to chemi...

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Main Authors: Daniel Groelz, Christian Viertler, Daniela Pabst, Nadine Dettmann, Kurt Zatloukal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6128582?pdf=render