Elite endurance athletes and the ACE I allele - The role of genes in athletic performance

Human Genetics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-50

  Gayagay, George ^a   Yu, Bing ^a   Hambly, Brett ^b   Boston, Tanya ^c   Hahn, Alan ^c   Celermajer, David S ^a   Trent, Ronald J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; REFERENCE VALUES; SPORTS;

EID: 0031705720     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050781     Document Type: Article

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