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DNA Extraction from Bronchial Aspirates for Molecular Cytology: Which Method to Take?
Author(s) -
Hans Jürgen Grote,
Viola Schmiemann,
Mario Sarbia,
Alfred Böcking
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
analytical cellular pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2210-7185
pISSN - 2210-7177
DOI - 10.1155/2003/354796
Subject(s) - fixative , dna extraction , dna , biology , polymerase chain reaction , genomic dna , dna fragmentation , microbiology and biotechnology , chromatography , chemistry , gene , biochemistry , genetics , staining , apoptosis , programmed cell death
To date, there are only few systematic reports on the quality of DNA extracted from routine diagnostic cytologic specimens. It was the aim of the present study to evaluate the ability of 50% ethanol/2% carbowax (Saccomanno fixative) to preserve bronchial secretions with high quality genomic DNA as well as to compare different DNA extraction methods.

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