Forensic miRNA: Potential biomarker for body fluids?

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Silva, Sarah S ^a,b   Lopes, Cátia ^a   Teixeira, A L ^b   Sousa, M J Carneiro De ^a,c   Medeiros, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biological biomarkers; Body fluids; Forensic science; Forensic serology; miRNA profiling

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 106A; MICRORNA 10A; MICRORNA 10B; MICRORNA 130A; MICRORNA 135B; MICRORNA 141; MICRORNA 145; MICRORNA 150; MICRORNA 182; MICRORNA 18A; MICRORNA 192; MICRORNA 193B; MICRORNA 200C; MICRORNA 203; MICRORNA 205; MICRORNA 208B; MICRORNA 217; MICRORNA 223; MICRORNA 26A; MICRORNA 26B; MICRORNA 29B; MICRORNA 381; MICRORNA 431; MICRORNA 518C; MICRORNA 583; MICRORNA 622; MICRORNA 658; MIRORNA 96; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AMNION FLUID; ASSAULT; BODY FLUID; BREAST MILK; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMOTHERAPY; COLOSTRUM; CRIME; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FREEZING; GENDER; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OFFENDER; PERITONEAL FLUID; PH; PLASMA; PREGNANCY; RACE; RADIOTHERAPY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SALIVA; SPERM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VAGINAL SECRETION; VENOUS BLOOD; AGE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRORNAS; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84907843397     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.09.002     Document Type: Review

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