Expedited, chemically enhanced sperm cell recovery from cotton swabs for rape kit analysis

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 800-805

  Norris, Jessica V ^a   Manning, Kate ^a   Linke, Sarah J ^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; Detergents; Differential extraction; DNA typing; Forensic science; Sex offences

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; PROTEINASE K;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ELUTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SPERMATOZOON;

CELL SEPARATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MALE; RAPE; SARCOSINE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 34250332994     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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