α-actinin-3 and performance

Medicine and Sport Science

Volumn 54, Issue , 2009, Pages 88-101

  Yang, Nan ^a,b   Garton, Fleur ^a,b   North, Kathryn ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTININ;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 72049130816     PISSN: 02545020     EISSN: 16622812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000235698     Document Type: Article

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