Efficacy of Several Candidate Protein Biomarkers in the Differentiation of Vaginal from Buccal Epithelial Cells

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1585-1590

  Simons, Joanne L ^a   Vintiner, Sue K ^a  

^a MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Buccal; Epithelial cells; Forensic science; Immunohistochemistry; Vaginal; Western blot analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORNIFIED ENVELOPE LIKE PROLINE RICH PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 13; CYTOKERATIN 4; EXONUCLEASE; INVOLUCRIN; LORICRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN 14 3 3; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SFN PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOSA; STAINING; VAGINA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

14-3-3 PROTEINS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CORNIFIED ENVELOPE PROLINE-RICH PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXONUCLEASES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-13; KERATIN-4; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; STAINING AND LABELING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VAGINA; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84868212749     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02158.x     Document Type: Article

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