TY - JOUR
T1 - The compatibility of fingerprint visualization techniques with immunolabeling
AU - van Dam, Annemieke
AU - Aalders, Maurice C. G.
AU - van Leeuwen, Ton G.
AU - Lambrechts, Saskia A. G.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The chemical composition of a fingermark potentially holds a wealth of information about the fingermark donor, which can be extracted by immunolabeling. Immunolabeling can be used to detect specific components in fingermarks; however, to be applicable in the forensic field, it should be compatible with commonly used fingerprint visualization techniques. In this study, the compatibility of immunolabeling with two different fingerprint visualization techniques, magnetic powdering and ninhydrin staining, was investigated on fingermarks deposited on glass and on nitrocellulose membranes. With dermcidin as antigen of interest, immunolabeling was performed successfully on all developed fingermarks. We can conclude that immunolabeling is compatible with magnetic powdering and ninhydrin staining, which can be of great forensic value
AB - The chemical composition of a fingermark potentially holds a wealth of information about the fingermark donor, which can be extracted by immunolabeling. Immunolabeling can be used to detect specific components in fingermarks; however, to be applicable in the forensic field, it should be compatible with commonly used fingerprint visualization techniques. In this study, the compatibility of immunolabeling with two different fingerprint visualization techniques, magnetic powdering and ninhydrin staining, was investigated on fingermarks deposited on glass and on nitrocellulose membranes. With dermcidin as antigen of interest, immunolabeling was performed successfully on all developed fingermarks. We can conclude that immunolabeling is compatible with magnetic powdering and ninhydrin staining, which can be of great forensic value
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12147
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12147
M3 - Article
C2 - 23682987
SN - 0022-1198
VL - 58
SP - 999
EP - 1002
JO - Journal of forensic sciences
JF - Journal of forensic sciences
IS - 4
ER -