Development of a 20-locus fluorescent multiplex system as a valuable tool for national DNA database

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-289

  Jiang, Xianhua ^a,b   Guo, Fei ^a   Jia, Fei ^b   Jin, Ping ^c   Sun, Zhu ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Criminal Science and Technology Institute of Liaoning Province   (China)

^c Peoplespot Inc   (China)

Author keywords

20 locus multiplex; China national DNA database; CODIS; DNA genotyping; Forensic science; Short tandem repeat (STR)

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HEMATIN; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ALLELE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BLOOD STAIN; CHINESE; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TEMPLATE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84874728800     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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