Quantification of RNA degradation by semi-quantitative duplex and competitive RT-PCR: A possible indicator of the age of bloodstains?

Forensic Science International

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 94-103

  Bauer, Martin ^a   Polzin, Silke ^a   Patzelt, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Bloodstains; RNA degradation; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CYCLOPHILIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA DEGRADATION;

EID: 0344862096     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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