Detection of bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA genes for forensic identification of vaginal fluid

Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 160-162

  Akutsu, Tomoko ^a   Motani, Hisako ^b   Watanabe, Ken ^a   Iwase, Hirotaro ^b   Sakurada, Koichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA genes; Body fluid identification; Lactobacillus; PCR; Vaginal fluid

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIAL GENE; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SPERM; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858334986     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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