MRNA profiling using a minimum of five mRNA markers per body fluid and a novel scoring method for body fluid identification

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 707-721

  Roeder, Amy D ^a   Haas, Cordula ^b  

^a Orchid Cellmark   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood; Cervicovaginal fluid; Menstrual blood; mRNA; Saliva; Semen

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; GENETIC MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SALIVA; SPERM; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CERVIX MUCUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVA; SEMEN;

EID: 84879879677     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0794-3     Document Type: Article

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