Stable RNA markers for identification of blood and saliva stains revealed from whole genome expression analysis of time-wise degraded samples

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-142

  Zubakov, Dmitry ^a   Hanekamp, Eline ^b,c   Kokshoorn, Mieke ^a   Van IJcken, Wilfred ^a   Kayser, Manfred ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological traces; Blood; Body fluid identification; Gene expression; RNA markers; Saliva

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VAGINA SECRETION;

BLOOD STAINS; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVA;

EID: 38649138798     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0182-6     Document Type: Article

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