Evaluation of an alkaline lysis method for the extraction of DNA from whole blood and forensic stains for STR analysis

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 669-673

  Klintschar, Michael ^a   Neuhuber, Franz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alkaline lysis; Chelex 100; DNA typing; Extraction; Forensic sciences; HumCD4; Short tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD STAIN; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; COST; CYTOLYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; STAINING; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0034035542     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14745j     Document Type: Article

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