Sequence determination of an allelic ladder for the STR polymorphism at the CD4 locus and application of the ladder in testing an Austrian Caucasian population sample

Forensic Science International

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-130

  Glock, Barbara ^a   Schwartz, Dieter W M ^a   Schwartz Jungl, Elisabeth M ^a   Mayr, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allelic size standard; HUMCD4; Population genetics; STR

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BASE PAIRING; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MARKER GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILVER STAINING; TANDEM REPEAT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ALLELES; ANTIGENS, CD4; AUSTRIA; BASE SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0029664357     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(95)01880-8     Document Type: Article

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