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Application of short tandem repeat of genomic DNA and mitochondrial DNA for identification of mixed-up tissue specimens.
Pathology international - 1 Jan 2000
Sano K, Takayanagi K, Kaneko T, Liu C, Kinoshita T, Nakamura N, Asamura H, Ito M, Fukushima H, Hotchi M
Abstract excerpt
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) typing methods, short tandem repeat of genomic DNA and mitochondrial DNA with the use of polymerase chain reaction amplification, were applied to formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues submitted for diagnosis, to identify and sort out mixed-up tissue specimens. These techniques were found to be reliable, reproducible and specific for personal identification, and thus to eliminate...
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