ACTN3 R577X polymorphism and team-sport performance: A study involving three European cohorts

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-106

  Eynon, Nir ^a   Banting, Lauren K ^a   Ruiz, Jonatan R ^b   Cieszczyk, Pawel ^c   Dyatlov, Dmitry A ^d   Maciejewska Karlowska, Agnieszka ^e   Sawczuk, Marek ^e   Pushkarev, Vladimir P ^d   Kulikov, Leonid M ^d   Pushkarev, Evgeny D ^d   Femia, Pedro ^b   Stepto, Nigel K ^a   Bishop, David J ^a   Lucia, Alejandro ^f  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT   (Poland)

^d URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

ACTN3; Alpha actinin 3; Athletic performance; Exercise; Genes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ 3; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHEEK MUCOSA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDURANCE SPORT; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; TEAM SPORT; COMPETITION; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOCKEY; ICE HOCKEY; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; SWIMMING; TRACK AND FIELD; VOLLEYBALL; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ACTN3; ALPHA-ACTININ 3; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE; GENES;

ACTININ; ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890193580     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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