Enhanced elution of sperm from cotton swabs via enzymatic digestion for rape kit analysis

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 574-579

  Voorhees, Jessica C ^a   Ferrance, Jerome P ^a   Landers, James P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell elution; Cellulase; Differential extraction; Forensic science

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; DNA;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; TRICHODERMA REESEI; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELLULASE; COTTON FIBER; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; RAPE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERMATOZOA; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 33646742778     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00112.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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