Amelogenin test: From forensics to quality control in clinical and biochemical genomics

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 386, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 53-56

  Frances F ^a,b   Portoles O ^c   Gonzalez J I ^a,b   Coltell, O ^c   Verdu F ^a   Castello A ^a   Corella, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c Institute of New Imaging Technologies   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amelogenin; DNA; Genomics; Quality control; Sex

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMEDICINE; DNA EXTRACTION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENOMICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX DETERMINATION; VALIDITY;

AMELOGENIN; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

EID: 34548662665     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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