Evaluation of tamm-horsfall protein and uroplakin III for forensic identification of urine

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 742-746

  Akutsu, Tomoko ^a   Ikegaya, Hiroshi ^b   Watanabe, Ken ^a   Fukushima, Hisayo ^a   Motani, Hisako ^c   Iwase, Hirotaro ^c   Sakurada, Koichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Forensic science; Immunohistochemical staining; Messenger ribonucleic acid; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Tamm Horsfall protein; Urine identification; Uroplakin III

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUCOPROTEIN; RNA; TAMM HORSFALL GLYCOPROTEIN; TAMM-HORSFALL PROTEIN; UROPLAKIN III; UMOD PROTEIN, HUMAN; UPK3A PROTEIN, HUMAN; UROPLAKIN 3;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; SALIVA; SPERM; SWEAT; URINE; VAGINA;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUCOPROTEINS; RNA; SALIVA; SEMEN; SWEAT; URINE; VAGINA; UROMODULIN; UROPLAKIN III;

EID: 77951127642     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01325.x     Document Type: Article

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