Evaluation of DNAstable™ for DNA storage at ambient temperature

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 170-178

  Howlett, Susanne E ^a,b   Castillo, Hilda S ^a,b   Gioeni, Lora J ^a   Robertson, James M ^a   Donfack, Joseph ^a  

^a FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA storage; DNAstable ; Forensic science; Long term; Room temperature storage qPCR; STRs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FREEZING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY; CHEMISTRY; DNASTABLE™; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENETICS; LONG-TERM DNA STORAGE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QPCR; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOM-TEMPERATURE STORAGE; STRS; TEMPERATURE;

DNA; PRIMER DNA;

DNASTABLE™; FORENSIC SCIENCE; LONG-TERM DNA STORAGE; QPCR; ROOM-TEMPERATURE STORAGE; STRS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84885416968     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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