Quality control of PCR primers used in multiplex STR amplification reactions

Forensic Science International

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-96

  Butler, John M ^a   Devaney, Joseph M ^b   Marino, Michael A ^b   Vallone, Peter M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TRANSGENOMIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

HPLC; Mass spectrometry; Multiplex PCR amplification; Oligonucleotide quality control; Short tandem repeat DNA typing

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0035371621     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00412-6     Document Type: Article

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