Extraction platform evaluations: A comparison of Automate Express™, EZ1® Advanced XL, and Maxwell® 16 Bench-top DNA extraction systems

Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-39

  Davis, Carey P ^a   King, Jonathan L ^a   Budowle, Bruce ^a   Eisenberg, Arthur J ^a   Turnbough, Meredith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Efficiency; Extraction; Forensic DNA yield; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

HEMATIN; HUMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE; COTTON; DNA EXTRACTION; DUST; EPITHELIUM CELL; PAPER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SPERM; TOOTH;

ALLELES; BLOOD; BONE AND BONES; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; PAPER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SEMEN; TEXTILES; TOOTH;

EID: 84855729813     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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