A novel PCR method for identifying plankton in cases of death by drowning

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-30

  Abe, Sumiko ^a   Suto, Miwako ^a   Nakamura, Hidemasa ^a   Gunji, Hirobumi ^a   Hiraiwa, Kouichi ^a   Suzuki, Toshiyuki ^a   Itoh, Toshimitsu ^a   Kochi, Hideo ^a   Hoshiai, Gen Ichi ^b  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miyagi Prefecture Fisheries Technology Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA; FRESH WATER; FUCOXANTHIN; PRIMER DNA; SEA WATER; WATER; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIATOM; DROWNING; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PARSLEY; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; SPINACH; VEGETABLE; ANIMAL; AUTOPSY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DROWNING; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; JAPAN; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0037271091     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.43.1.23     Document Type: Article

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