Postmortem mRNA profiling II: Practical considerations

Forensic Science International

Volumn 203, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 76-82

  Vennemann, Marielle ^a,b   Koppelkamm, Antje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data interpretation; MRNA profiling; Postmortem tissue; Sample handling and processing

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA STABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 78649317875     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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