Application of direct PCR in a forensic case of yew poisoning

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 315-319

  Gausterer, Christian ^a   Stein, Christina ^a   Stimpfl, Thomas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Direct PCR; Internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1); Taxus; Toxic plant poisoning; Yew

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

CHEMISTRY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH JUICE; TAXUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAXUS;

EID: 84862976902     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-011-0607-0     Document Type: Article

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