Forensic evaluation of the QIAshredder/QIAamp DNA extraction procedure

Forensic Science International

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-73

  Castella, V ^a   Dimo Simonin, N ^a   Brandt Casadevall, C ^a   Mangin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA extraction; Forensic samples; LCN; QIAamp; QIAshredder; SGM Plus

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DNA; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIDERMIS CELL; EVALUATION RESEARCH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS;

EID: 30344473291     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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