MRNA profiling in forensic genetics I: Possibilities and limitations

Forensic Science International

Volumn 203, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 71-75

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body fluid identification; Cause of death; Degradation; MRNA profiling; Post mortem tissue

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY FLUID; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIME; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA STABILITY; TIME OF DEATH; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649328777     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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