Towards simultaneous individual and tissue identification: A proof-of-principle study on parallel sequencing of STRs, amelogenin, and mRNAs with the Ion Torrent PGM

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-128

  Zubakov, D ^a   Kokmeijer, I ^a   Ralf, A ^a,c   Rajagopalan, N ^b   Calandro, L ^b   Wootton, S ^b   Langit, R ^b   Chang, C ^b   Lagace, R ^b   Kayser, M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^c DDL DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forensic NGS; Individual identification; Ion Torrent PGM; Ion Torrent HID STR 10 plex; Massive parallel sequencing; Tissue identification

Indexed keywords

ALAS2 PROTEIN; AMELOGENIN; CCL27 PROTEIN; CYP2B7P1 PROTEIN; HTN3 PROTEIN; LCE1C PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN 4; PRM1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SPTB PROTEIN; STATH PROTEIN; STROMELYSIN 2; STROMELYSIN 3; TGM4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHROMOSOME; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA STABILITY; SALIVA; SEX DETERMINATION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SKIN; SPERM; VAGINAL SECRETION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMELOGENIN; DNA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84938570182     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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