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The ACE gene and human performance: 12 years on.
Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) - 1 Jun 2011
Puthucheary Zudin, Skipworth James R A, Rawal Jai, Loosemore Mike, Van Someren Ken, Montgomery Hugh E
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Some 12 years ago, a polymorphism of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) gene became the first genetic element shown to impact substantially on human physical performance. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) exists not just as an endocrine regulator, but also within local tissue and cells, where it serves a variety of functions. Functional genetic polymorphic variants have been identified for most components...
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