PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alejandro Lucia
AU  - Jesús Oliván
AU  - Félix Gómez-Gallego
AU  - Catalina Santiago
AU  - Marta Montil
AU  - Carl Foster
TI  - Citius and longius (faster and longer) with no α-actinin-3 in skeletal muscles?
AID  - 10.1136/bjsm.2006.034199
DP  - 2007 Sep 01
TA  - British Journal of Sports Medicine
PG  - 616--617
VI  - 41
IP  - 9
4099  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/41/9/616.short
4100  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/41/9/616.full
SO  - Br J Sports Med2007 Sep 01; 41
AB  - The muscle protein α-actinin-3 (ACTN3) is normally thought to be expressed in type II muscle fibres and to be necessary for high-power, high-velocity muscle contractions, such as those typically seen in speed/power athletes. The authors report the case of a Spanish elite long jumper (two times Olympian, personal best of 8.26 m) whose genotype for the ACTN3 gene is 577XX (ACTN3 deficient). These data suggest that there might be notable exceptions to the concept that ACTN3 is the “gene for speed”.