Development of the AmpFℓSTR SEfiler PCR amplification kit: A new multiplex containing the highly discriminating ACTBP2 (SE33) locus

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 224-234

  Coticone, Sulekha Rao ^a,b   Oldroyd, Nicola ^a   Philips, Heidi ^a   Foxall, Paul ^a  

^a APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Forensic samples; Multiplex; PCR; SE33

Indexed keywords

DNA; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTBP2 GENE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; EVALUATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; PATERNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TITRIMETRY; UNITED STATES; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 4344637468     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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