Reliable genotyping of short tandem repeat loci without an allelic ladder using time-of-flight mass spectrometry

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-49

  Butler, J M ^a   Li, J ^a   Shaler, T A ^a   Monforte, J A ^a   Becker, C H ^a  

^a GeneTrace Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic ladders; DNA fragment analysis; Mass spectrometry; Microvariants; Short tandem repeats (STRs)

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; DNA FRAGMENT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0032452527     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050197     Document Type: Article

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