RNA toxicity is a component of ataxin-3 degeneration in Drosophila.

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Published in Nature on April 30, 2008

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Ling-Bo Li1, Zhenming Yu, Xiuyin Teng, Nancy M Bonini

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1: Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6018, USA.

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