Optimizing DNA yield from buccal swabs in the elderly: Attempts to promote buccal cell growth in culture

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 637-642

  Vandenbergh, David J ^a   Anthony, Kate ^a   Whitfield, Keith E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEGRO; ORAL BIOPSY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; TWINS; UNITED STATES; VEIN PUNCTURE; VOLUNTEER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CELL DIVISION; CHEEK; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MOUTH MUCOSA; NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0041384389     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10177     Document Type: Article

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