The ACTN3 R577X nonsense allele is under-represented in elite-level Japanese endurance runners

Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-451

  Saito, Daichi ^a,b   Fuku, Noriyuki ^a   Mikami, Eri ^a,b   Kawahara, Takashi ^c   Tanaka, Hiroaki ^d   Higuchi, Mitsuru ^b   Tanaka, Masashi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTN3; Endurance runner; Physical performance; Polymorphism; R577X

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053127948     PISSN: 0039906X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7600/jspfsm.60.443     Document Type: Article

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