ACTN3 genotype is associated with muscle phenotypes in women across the adult age span

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1486-1491

  Walsh, Sean ^a,b   Liu, Dongmei ^a   Metter, E Jeffrey ^c   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c   Roth, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Muscle strength; Sex differences; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ALPHA ACTININ 3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALPHA ACTININ 3 GENE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACTININ; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349140006     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90856.2008     Document Type: Article

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