Simes DC, Williamson MK, Schaff BJ, et al. Characterization of osteocalcin (BGP) and matrix Gla protein (MGP) fish specific antibodies: validation for immunodetection studies in lower vertebrates. Calcif Tissue Int. 2004;74(2):170-80. doi:10.1007/s00223-003-0079-4

Elandalloussi LM, Leite RM, Afonso R, et al. Development of a PCR-ELISA assay for diagnosis of Perkinsus marinus and Perkinsus atlanticus infections in bivalve molluscs. Mol Cell Probes. 2004;18(2):89-96. doi:10.1016/j.mcp.2003.09.008

Pombinho AR, Laizé V, Molha DM, Marques SMP, M. Cancela L. Development of two bone-derived cell lines from the marine teleost Sparus aurata; evidence for extracellular matrix mineralization and cell-type-specific expression of matrix Gla protein and osteocalcin. Cell Tissue Res. 2004;315(3):393-406. doi:10.1007/s00441-003-0830-1

Streiff R, Mira S, Castro M, M. Cancela L. Multiple paternity in Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus L.) assessed with microsatellite markers. Mar Biotechnol (NY). 2004;6(1):60-6. doi:10.1007/s10126-003-0015-7

Elandalloussi LM, Afonso R, Nunes PA, M. Cancela L. Effect of desferrioxamine and 2,2'-bipyridyl on the proliferation of Perkinsus atlanticus. Biomol Eng. 2003;20(4-6):349-54.

Aurelle D, Guillemaud T, Afonso P, et al. Genetic study of Coris julis (Osteichthyes, Perciformes, Labridae) evolutionary history and dispersal abilities. C R Biol. 2003;326(8):771-85.

Pinto JP, Conceição N, Gavaia P, M. Cancela L. Matrix Gla protein gene expression and protein accumulation colocalize with cartilage distribution during development of the teleost fish Sparus aurata. Bone. 2003;32(3):201-10.

Simes DC, Williamson MK, Ortiz-Delgado JB, Viegas CSB, Price PA, M. Cancela L. Purification of matrix Gla protein from a marine teleost fish, Argyrosomus regius: calcified cartilage and not bone as the primary site of MGP accumulation in fish. J Bone Miner Res. 2003;18(2):244-59. doi:10.1359/jbmr.2003.18.2.244

Gavaia P, Ortiz JB, Simes DC, Sarasquete MC, M. Cancela L. SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF OSTEOCALCIN AND MATRIX GLA PROTEIN IN DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF ZEBRA FISH (DANIO RERIO). Calcified Tissue International. 2003;72:314 - 468. doi:10.1007/s00223-003-5002-5

Viegas CSB, Pinto JP, Conceição N, Simes DC, M. Cancela L. Cloning and characterization of the cDNA and gene encoding Xenopus laevis osteocalcin. Gene. 2002;289(1-2):97-107.

Robledo JAF, Nunes PA, M. Cancela L, Vasta GR. Development of an in vitro clonal culture and characterization of the rRNA gene cluster of Perkinsus atlanticus, a protistan parasite of the clam Tapes decussatus. J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2002;49(5):414-22.

Conceição N, Henriques NM, Ohresser MCP, Hublitz P, Schüle R, M. Cancela L. Molecular cloning of the Matrix Gla Protein gene from Xenopus laevis. Functional analysis of the promoter identifies a calcium sensitive region required for basal activity. Eur J Biochem. 2002;269(7):1947-56.

Gavaia P, Dinis MT, M. Cancela L. Osteological development and abnormalities of the vertebral column and caudal skeleton in larval and juvenile stages of hatchery-reared Senegal sole (Solea senegalensis). Aquaculture. 2002;211(1-4):305 - 323. doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00167-9

Pinto JP, Ohresser MC, M. Cancela L. Cloning of the bone Gla protein gene from the teleost fish Sparus aurata. Evidence for overall conservation in gene organization and bone-specific expression from fish to man. Gene. 2001;270(1-2):77-91.

Gavaia P, Viegas CSB, Pinto JP, Sarasquete MC, M. Cancela L. DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION OF OSTEOCALCIN (BGP OR BONE GLA PROTEIN) IN TELEOSTS BY IN SITU HYBRIDATION AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY. Bone. 2001;28:S101 - S248. doi:10.1016/S8756-3282(01)00454-9

M. Cancela L, Ohresser MC, Reia JP, Viegas CSB, Williamson MK, Price PA. Matrix Gla protein in Xenopus laevis: molecular cloning, tissue distribution, and evolutionary considerations. J Bone Miner Res. 2001;16(9):1611-21. doi:10.1359/jbmr.2001.16.9.1611

Gavaia P, Sarasquete C, M. Cancela L. Detection of Mineralized Structures in Early Stages of Development of Marine Teleostei Using a Modified Alcian Blue-Alizarin Red Double Staining Technique for Bone and Cartilage. Biotechnic & Histochemistry. 2000;75(2):79 - 84. doi:10.3109/10520290009064151

Guillemaud T, Almada F, M. Cancela L. Interspecific Utility of Microsatellites in Fish: A Case Study of (CT)(n) and (GT)(n) Markers in the Shanny Lipophrys pholis (Pisces: Blenniidae) and Their Use in Other Blennioidei. Mar Biotechnol (NY). 2000;2(3):248-253.

Carvalho MC, Streiff R, Guillemaud T, Afonso P, Santos RS, M. Cancela L. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in Abudefduf luridus (Pisces: Pomacentridae). Mol Ecol. 2000;9(7):993-4.

Guillemaud T, Streiff R, R Santos S, Afonso P, Morato T, M. Cancela L. Microsatellite characterization in the rainbow wrasse Coris julis (Pisces: labridae). Mol Ecol. 2000;9(5):631-2.

M. Cancela L, Hu B, Price PA. Effect of cell density and growth factors on matrix GLA protein expression by normal rat kidney cells. J Cell Physiol. 1997;171(2):125-34. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199705)171:2<125::AID-JCP2>3.0.CO;2-Q

Kirfel J, Kelter M, M. Cancela L, Price PA, Schüle R. Identification of a novel negative retinoic acid responsive element in the promoter of the human matrix Gla protein gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997;94(6):2227-32.

M. Cancela L, Williamson MK, Price PA. Amino-acid sequence of bone Gla protein from the African clawed toad Xenopus laevis and the fish Sparus aurata. Int J Pept Protein Res. 1995;46(5):419-23.

M. Cancela L, Williamson MK, Price PA. The putative RGD-dependent cell adhesion activity of matrix Gla protein is due to higher molecular weight contaminants. J Biol Chem. 1994;269(16):12185-9.

Rannels SR, M. Cancela L, Wolpert EB, Price PA. Matrix Gla protein mRNA expression in cultured type II pneumocytes. Am J Physiol. 1993;265(3 Pt 1):L270-8.