Quantitation of human genomic DNA through amplification of the amelogenin locus

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-81

  Allen, Robert W ^a   Fuller, Valerie Mattimore ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Police Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Amelogenin locus; Capillary electrophoresis; DNA quantitation; Forensic science; PCR amplification; Small tandem repeat (STR) loci

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; GENOMIC DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DNA CONTENT; DNA TEMPLATE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLOT BLOT HYBRIDIZATION;

AMELOGENIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DENTAL ENAMEL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33645237253     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2005.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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