Genome-wide linkage scan for contraction velocity characteristics of knee musculature in the Leuven Genes for Muscular Strength Study

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-44

  De Mars, Gunther ^a   Windelinckx, An ^a   Huygens, Wim ^a   Peeters, Maarten W ^a   Beunen, Gaston P ^a   Aerssens, Jeroen ^b   Vlietinck, Robert ^a   Thomis, Martine A I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TIBOTEC BVBA ^*  (Belgium)

^c FABER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Human muscle strength; Linkage; Torque velocity relationship; Whole genome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 15Q23; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; KNEE; LEUVEN GENE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TORQUE; VELOCITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TORQUE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 56149127665     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.90252.2008     Document Type: Article

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