An evidence based strategy for normalization of quantitative PCR data from miRNA expression analysis in forensically relevant body fluids

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 174-181

  Sauer, Eva ^a   Madea, Burkhard ^a   Courts, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body fluid identification; Endogenous references; Micro RNA; Normalization; RT qPCR

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 191; MICRORNA 93; RNU 62; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; SNORA66 PROTEIN; SNORA74A PROTEIN; SNORD 49A PROTEIN; SNORD24 PROTEIN; SNORD38B PROTEIN; SNORD43 PROTEIN; SNORD7 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STABLE EXPRESSION; STANDARD; VAGINAL SECRETION; VENOUS BLOOD; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES;

BODY FLUIDS; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84899021049     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.03.011     Document Type: Article

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