Selection of highly specific and sensitive mRNA biomarkers for the identification of blood

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 449-458

  Haas, C ^a   Hanson, E ^b   Kratzer, A ^a   Bar W ^a   Ballantyne, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b National Center for Forensic Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Body fluid identification; Forensic science; mRNA profiling

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; ANKYRIN; AQUAPORIN 9; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD3 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; RNA; SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 80052260425     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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