Development of a mRNA profiling multiplex for the inference of organ tissues

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 891-900

  Lindenbergh, Alexander ^a   Van Den Berge, Margreet ^a   Oostra, Roelof Jan ^b   Cleypool, Cindy ^c   Bruggink, Annette ^c   Kloosterman, Ate ^a   Sijen, Titia ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autopsy specimens; Forensic science; Organ typing; RNA profiling; Tissue identification

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; GENETIC MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MENSTRUATION; METABOLISM; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; SPERM; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CERVIX MUCUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVA; SEMEN; SKIN;

EID: 84883239863     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-013-0895-7     Document Type: Article

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