Identification of menstrual blood by real time RT-PCR: Technical improvements and the practical value of negative test results

Forensic Science International

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-59

  Bauer, Martin ^a   Patzelt, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

GAPDH; Menstrual blood; MMP 7; mRNA; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MATRILYSIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36749074002     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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