Comparison of five DNA quantification methods

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-230

  Nielsen, Karsten ^a   Mogensen, Helle Smidt ^a   Hedman, Johannes ^b   Niederstätter, Harald ^c   Parson, Walther ^c   Morling, Niels ^a  

^a Faculty of Health Science   (Denmark)

^b Swedish National Laboratory of Forensic Science   (Sweden)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human DNA; Quantification; Quantifiler; Slot blot; SYBR Green; UV spectrometry

Indexed keywords

DYE; GENOMIC DNA;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLOT BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; STAINING; STANDARDIZATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 43049092224     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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