DNA or RNA from formalin embedded tissu

[Peter Schuchert]

Bernd Kazmierczak wrote:

> does anybody know if there is a possibility to isolate DNA and/or RNA
> form tissues fixated in formaline ?
> Did anybody try that or knows a citation ?


Perhaps this will help:

France, S. C. & T. D. Kocher. (1996) DNA sequencing of 
formalin-fixed crustaceans from archival research collections.
Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology 5 (4):

Cheers, 
Peter
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