Functional genomics and biochemical characterization of the C. elegans orthologue of the Machado-Joseph disease protein ataxin-3 - Rodrigues, A.-J.; Coppola, G.; Santos, C.; Costa, M.D.C.; Ailion, M.; Sequeiros, J.; Geschwind, D.H.; MacIel, P. (FASEB Journal, 2007)

The CAG repeat at the Huntington disease gene in the Portuguese population: Insights into its dynamics and to the origin of the mutation - Costa, M.D.C.; Magalhães, P.; Guimarães, L.; MacIel, P.; Sequeiros, J.; Sousa, A. (Journal of Human Genetics, 2006)

Exclusion of mutations in the PRNP, JPH3, TBP, ATN1, CREBBP, POU3F2 and FTL genes as a cause of disease in Portuguese patients with a Huntington-like phenotype - Costa, M.D.C.; Teixeira-Castro, A.; Constante, M.; Magalhães, M.; Magalhães, P.; Cerqueira, J.; Vale, J.; Passão, V.; Barbosa, C.; Robalo, C.; Coutinho, P.; Barros, J.; et al. (Journal of Human Genetics, 2006)

Towards a structural understanding of the fibrillization pathway in Machado-Joseph's disease: Trapping early oligomers of non-expanded ataxin-3 - Gales, L.; Cortes, L.; Almeida, C.; Melo, C.V.; Costa, M.D.C.; MacIel, P.; Clarke, D.T.; Damas, A.M.; Macedo-Ribeiro, S. (Journal of Molecular Biology, 2005)