The dependent and independent effects of the PER3 VNTR polymorphism and sleep deprivation on human whole blood gene expression

Chronic lack of sleep has been shown to be deleterious to our health. A variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism in PERIOD3 (PER3) gene (rs57875989), has been reported to associate with diurnal preference, sleep propensity, vulnerability to sleep loss, and risk of cancer and mental illnesse...

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Main Author: Slak, Ana
Published: University of Surrey 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.583344