Estimating time of death based on the biological clock

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-391

  Kimura, Akihiko ^a   Ishida, Yuko ^a   Hayashi, Takahito ^b   Nosaka, Mizuho ^a   Kondo, Toshikazu ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological clock; Real time RT PCR; Time of death

Indexed keywords

ARNTL PROTEIN, MOUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; NR1D1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR1D1; PER2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PER2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ARNTL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; C57BL MOUSE; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARNTL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP D, MEMBER 1; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956080840     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-010-0527-4     Document Type: Article

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