TY - JOUR AU - Goswami, Rashmi S. AU - Waldron, Levi AU - Machado, Jerry AU - Cervigne, Nilva K. AU - Xu, Wei AU - Reis, Patricia P. AU - Bailey, Denis J. AU - Jurisica, Igor AU - Crump, Michael R. AU - Kamel-Reid, Suzanne PY - 2010 DA - 2010/06/23 TI - Optimization and analysis of a quantitative real-time PCR-based technique to determine microRNA expression in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples JO - BMC Biotechnology SP - 47 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - MicroRNAs (miRs) are non-coding RNA molecules involved in post-transcriptional regulation, with diverse functions in tissue development, differentiation, cell proliferation and apoptosis. miRs may be less prone to degradation during formalin fixation, facilitating miR expression studies in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue. SN - 1472-6750 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6750-10-47 DO - 10.1186/1472-6750-10-47 ID - Goswami2010 ER -