| Literature DB >> 1313196 |
P Kiene1, K Milde-Langosch, M Runkel, K Schulz, T Löning.
Abstract
The use of chelating resin in a simple, rapid and efficient pre-treatment protocol to process formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is described and compared to other pre-treatment techniques. With this modified PCR protocol, a variety of human autopsy and biopsy specimens were investigated for presence of DNA of human papilomaviruses, cytomegalovirus or Epstein-Barr virus. These viruses were detected in a productive or non-/low-productive state. Amplimers generated ranged from 88 to 450 base pairs length. Under the specified technical conditions, a considerable range of DNA molecules can be amplified from paraffin-embedded material, some older than 10 years.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1313196 DOI: 10.1007/bf01600280
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol ISSN: 0174-7398