The ACE deletion allele is associated with Israeli elite endurance athletes

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 881-886

  Amir, Offer ^a   Amir, Ruthie ^b   Yamin, Chen ^a   Attias, Eric ^a   Eynon, Nir ^a   Sagiv, Moran ^a   Sagiv, Michael ^a   Meckel, Yoav ^a  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b The Zinman College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the Wingate Institute   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE SPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ISRAEL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK;

EID: 34548014275     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2007.038711     Document Type: Article

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