The COL5A1 gene: A novel marker of endurance running performance

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 584-589

  Posthumus, Michael ^a   Schwellnus, Martin P ^a   Collins, Malcolm ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

IRONMAN; TRIATHLON; TYPE V COLLAGEN

Indexed keywords

COL5A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 5;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; ENDURANCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COLLAGEN TYPE V; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79953731718     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181f34f4d     Document Type: Article

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