Bone marrow and bone as a source for postmortem RNA

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 720-725

  Van Doorn, Nienke L ^a   Wilson, Andrew S ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^b,c   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

18S ribosomal ribose nucleic acid; Bone; Bone marrow; Forensic science; Hemoglobin; Hypoxanthine guanine hosphoribosyltransferase; Reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Ribose nucleic acid degradation

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CADAVER; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROBLAST; FEMUR; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; RNA STABILITY;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROBLASTS; FEMUR; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RABBITS; RNA; RNA STABILITY;

EID: 79955165337     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01684.x     Document Type: Article

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