Citius and longius (faster and longer) with no α-actinin-3 in skeletal muscles?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 616-617

  Lucia, Alejandro ^a   Oliván, Jesús ^a   Gómez Gallego, Félix ^a   Santiago, Catalina ^a   Montil, Marta ^a   Foster, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; ALPHA ACTININ 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTN3 GENE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; FAST MUSCLE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 34548705303     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.034199     Document Type: Article

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