The identification of newborns using messenger RNA profiling analysis

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-34

  Alvarez, Michelle ^a,b   Ballantyne, Jack ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b National Center for Forensic Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Age determination; Biological age; Forensic biochemistry; Forensic science; Hemoglobin; Isoforms; Multiplex quantitative RT PCR; Newborn

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HEMOGLOBIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION;

AGE DETERMINATION; BIOLOGICAL AGE; ISOFORMS; NEWBORN; QUANTITATIVE RT-PCR;

RNA;

HEMOGLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748335805     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.06.024     Document Type: Article

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