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No association between Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) gene variation and endurance athlete status in Kenyans.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology - 1 Jun 2005
Scott Robert A, Moran Colin, Wilson Richard H, Onywera Vincent, Boit Michael K, Goodwin William H, Gohlke Peter, Payne John, Montgomery Hugh, Pitsiladis Yannis P
Abstract excerpt
East African runners are continually successful in international distance running. The extent to which genetic factors influence this phenomenon is unknown. The insertion (I) rather than deletion (D) of a 287 bp fragment in the human angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene is associated with lower circulating and tissue ACE activity and with endurance performance amongst Caucasians. To assess the association...
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