Specific and sensitive mRNA biomarkers for the identification of skin in 'touch DNA' evidence

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 548-558

  Hanson, E ^a   Haas, C ^b   Jucker, R ^b   Ballantyne, J ^a,c  

^a National Center for Forensic Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic science; mRNA profiling; Skin; Tissue identification; Touch contact DNA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CELL; TOUCH;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 84863781810     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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