Postmortem degradation of skeletal muscle proteins: a novel approach to determine the time since death

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 421-431

  Pittner, Stefan ^a   Monticelli, Fabio C ^a   Pfisterer, Alexander ^a   Zissler, Angela ^a   Sänger, Alexandra M ^a   Stoiber, Walter ^a   Steinbacher, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Degradation; Pig; Postmortem interval (PMI); Protein; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ATP2A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CALPAIN; CAPN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CAPN2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CONNECTIN; DESMIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NEBULIN; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; TROPONIN T;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; METABOLISM; PIG; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALPAIN; CONNECTIN; DESMIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; SWINE; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84959130731     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-015-1210-6     Document Type: Article

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