Expression of statherin mRNA and protein in nasal and vaginal secretions

Legal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 309-313

  Sakurada, Koichi ^a   Akutsu, Tomoko ^a   Watanabe, Ken ^a   Fujinami, Yoshihito ^a   Yoshino, Mineo ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body fluid identification; ELISA; Histatin; Nasal secretion; Real time RT PCR; Statherin; Vaginal secretion

Indexed keywords

HISTATIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; STATHERIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; NOSE SECRETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; VAGINA SECRETION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTATINS; HUMANS; NASAL MUCOSA; PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; VAGINA;

EID: 80054856056     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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