Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 172-176 , July 2010

Establishment of a simple detection system for blood group ABO-specific transferase activity in DNA-transfected cells

  • Chiyomi Nishida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
    • Medico-Legal Section, Criminal Investigation Laboratory, Metropolitan Police Department, 2-10-6 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0031, Japan
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  • Chiharu Nishiyama

      Affiliations

    • Atopy (Allergy) Research Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5802 1591; fax: +81 3 3813 5512.
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  • Koichi Satoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
    • Medico-Legal Section, Criminal Investigation Laboratory, Metropolitan Police Department, 2-10-6 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0031, Japan
    • ,
  • Mutsuko Hara

      Affiliations

    • Atopy (Allergy) Research Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
    • ,
  • Yukio Itoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
    • ,
  • Hideoki Ogawa

      Affiliations

    • Atopy (Allergy) Research Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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  • Ko Okumura

      Affiliations

    • Atopy (Allergy) Research Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan

Received 3 February 2010 ,Revised 16 March 2010 ,Accepted 21 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.03.005

Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 172-176 , July 2010

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