title: An alternative consideration in drug testing in elite athletes.
abstract: As vigilance increases for drug abuse in sport there is an increasing awareness of new technologies creating new possibilities of performance enhancement. One such example is the recent consideration of 'gene doping', which may enhance athletic performance. In this article we consider an alternative strategy not yet considered; the potential for a pharmacogenomics approach and the utility of information at the level of the protein rather than the gene.
authors.affiliation: Departmentof Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. mike.legge@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Legge
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Lynnette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000502:physiology; D004300:Doping in Sports / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010597:Pharmacogenetics; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System