A novel fluorescence-based method in forensic science for the detection of blood in situ

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-371

  Thorogate, Richard ^a   Moreira, Joana C S ^b   Jickells, Sue ^a   Miele, Margherita M P ^a   Daniel, Barbara ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody; Blood; Fixation; Fluorophores; Immunofluorescence; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD STAIN; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ERYTHROCYTE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ERYTHROCYTES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MICE;

EID: 48049109009     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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