Assessing a novel room temperature DNA storage medium for forensic biological samples

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-40

  Lee, Steven B ^a   Clabaugh, Kimberly C ^a   Silva, Brie ^a   Odigie, Kingsley O ^a   Coble, Michael D ^b   Loreille, Odile ^b   Scheible, Melissa ^b   Fourney, Ron M ^c   Stevens, Jesse ^c   Carmody, George R ^d   Parsons, Thomas J ^e   Pozder, Arijana ^e   Eisenberg, Arthur J ^f   Budowle, Bruce ^f   Ahmad, Taha ^g   Miller, Russell W ^h   Crouse, Cecelia A ^h  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e International Commission on Missing Persons   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^g MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA recovery; DNA stability; DNA storage; Freeze thaw; QIAsafe; SampleMatrix; Short tandem repeat analysis; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STORAGE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FORENSIC GENETICS; FREEZE THAWING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

DNA; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 82655181307     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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