DNA methylation-based forensic tissue identification

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 517-524

  Frumkin, Dan ^a   Wasserstrom, Adam ^a   Budowle, Bruce ^b   Davidson, Ariane ^a  

^a Nucleix Ltd   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential methylation; Tissue identification

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TISSUE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TISSUE TYPING;

AUTOMATION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN;

EID: 79951791071     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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