Investigations on possible mechanisms of PCR inhibition in hair extracts caused by melanins;Untersuchungen zu möglichen mechanismen einer PCR-hemmung in haarextrakten durch melanine

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Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 42-45

  Potsch L ^a   Bender, K ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hair; Inhibition; Melanins; mtDNA; PCR

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MELANIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCALP HAIR;

EID: 0035011326     PISSN: 09379819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001940100090     Document Type: Article

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