No association of the ACTN3 gene R577X polymorphism with endurance performance in Ironman Triathlons

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 777-781

  Saunders, C J ^b   September, A V ^b   Xenophontos, S L ^c   Cariolou, M A ^c   Anastassiades, L C ^d   Noakes, T D ^b   Collins, M ^a,b,e  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

^d Cardiovascular Diagnostic Centre Nicosia   (Cyprus)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alpha actinins; Athletic ability; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; ALPHA ACTININ 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIATHLON;

ACTININ; ADULT; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORTS;

EID: 34948856923     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2006.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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