Human ACE I/D polymorphism is associated with individual differences in exercise heat tolerance

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-76

  Heled, Yuval ^a,b   Moran, Daniel S ^a   Mendel, Liran ^a   Laor, Arie ^a   Pras, Elon ^a   Shapiro, Yair ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme polymorphism; Exercise; Genetics; Heat stress; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAUCASIAN; CORE TEMPERATURE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXERCISE; FITNESS; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXERCISE; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 2942757356     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01087.2003     Document Type: Article

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