Development, characterization, and validation of a sensitive primate-specific quantification assay for forensic analysis

BioTechniques

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 314-322

  Fox, John C ^a   Cave, Christopher A ^a   Schumm, James W ^a,b  

^a Bode Technology Group   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

PRIMERS;

DNA;

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALCULATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0037316698     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/03342rr02     Document Type: Article

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