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Gertraud Burger

Gertraud Burger

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Genetics

D-Index
62
Citations
16957
World Ranking
2957
National Ranking
105

Overview

Gertraud Burger is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada. Their research primarily covers fields within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, focusing extensively on Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, Cell Biology, and Global and Planetary Change as subfields.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

Gertraud Burger has coauthored multiple publications with several frequent collaborators, notably:

  • B. Franz Lang
  • Matt Sarrasin
  • Matus Valach
  • Drahomíra Faktorová
  • Julius Lukeš

The scientist has published numerous papers in prominent venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Nature Methods
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • BMC Biology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology," 2020, Nature Methods
  • "Mitochondrial genome annotation with MFannot: a critical analysis of gene identification and gene model prediction," 2023, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "The draft nuclear genome sequence and predicted mitochondrial proteome of Andalucia godoyi, a protist with the most gene-rich and bacteria-like mitochondrial genome," 2020, BMC Biology
  • "Gene fragmentation and RNA editing without borders: eccentric mitochondrial genomes of diplonemids," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Multigene phylogenetics of euglenids based on single-cell transcriptomics of diverse phagotrophs," 2021, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Mitochondrial Genome Evolution and the Origin of Eukaryotes

    B F Lang;M W Gray;G Burger

  • An ancestral mitochondrial DNA resembling a eubacterial genome in miniature

    Lang Bf;Burger G;O'Kelly Cj;Cedergren R

  • Mitochondrial genomes: anything goes.

    Gertraud Burger;Michael W Gray;B Franz Lang

  • The tree of eukaryotes

    Patrick J. Keeling;Gertraud Burger;Dion G. Durnford;B. Franz Lang

  • Monophyly of Primary Photosynthetic Eukaryotes: Green Plants, Red Algae, and Glaucophytes

    Naiara Rodríguez-Ezpeleta;Henner Brinkmann;Suzanne C. Burey;Béatrice Roure

  • The origin and early evolution of mitochondria

    Michael W Gray;Gertraud Burger;B Franz Lang

  • Cyanophora paradoxa Genome Elucidates Origin of Photosynthesis in Algae and Plants

    Dana C. Price;Cheong Xin Chan;Hwan Su Yoon;Hwan Su Yoon;Eun Chan Yang

  • GENOME STRUCTURE AND GENE CONTENT IN PROTIST MITOCHONDRIAL DNAS

    Michael W. Gray;B. Franz Lang;Robert Cedergren;G. Brian Golding

  • Genomic Analysis of the Basal Lineage Fungus Rhizopus oryzae Reveals a Whole-Genome Duplication

    Li Jun Ma;Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Christopher Skory;Manfred G. Grabherr

  • Mitochondria of Protists

    Michael W. Gray;B. Franz Lang;Gertraud Burger

  • The Closest Unicellular Relatives of Animals

    B.F. Lang;B.F. Lang;C. O'Kelly;C. O'Kelly;T. Nerad;M.W. Gray;M.W. Gray

  • Mitochondrial introns: a critical view.

    B. Franz Lang;Marie-Josée Laforest;Gertraud Burger

  • Phylogenomic Evidence for Separate Acquisition of Plastids in Cryptophytes, Haptophytes, and Stramenopiles

    Denis Baurain;Denis Baurain;Henner Brinkmann;Joern Petersen;Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta

  • Strikingly Bacteria-Like and Gene-Rich Mitochondrial Genomes throughout Jakobid Protists

    Gertraud Burger;Michael W. Gray;Lise Forget;B. Franz Lang

  • A Phylogenomic Investigation into the Origin of Metazoa

    Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo;Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo;Andrew J. Roger;Gertraud Burger;Michael W. Gray

  • AutoFACT: An Automatic Functional Annotation and Classification Tool

    Liisa B Koski;Michael W Gray;B Franz Lang;Gertraud Burger

  • Unique mitochondrial genome architecture in unicellular relatives of animals.

    Gertraud Burger;Lise Forget;Yun Zhu;Michael W. Gray

  • The complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of Nephroselmis olivacea and Pedinomonas minor. Two radically different evolutionary patterns within green algae

    M Turmel;C Lemieux;G Burger;B F Lang

  • The origins of multicellularity: a multi-taxon genome initiative

    Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo;Gertraud Burger;Peter W.H. Holland;Nicole King

  • Complete sequence of the mitochondrial DNA of the red alga Porphyra purpurea. Cyanobacterial introns and shared ancestry of red and green algae.

    Gertraud Burger;Gertraud Burger;Diane Saint-Louis;Michael W. Gray;Michael W. Gray;B. Franz Lang;B. Franz Lang

Frequent Co-Authors

B. Franz Lang
B. Franz Lang University of Montreal
Michael W. Gray
Michael W. Gray Dalhousie University
Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Andrew J. Roger
Andrew J. Roger Dalhousie University
Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo
Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo Pompeu Fabra University
Patrick J. Keeling
Patrick J. Keeling University of British Columbia
Henner Brinkmann
Henner Brinkmann Leibniz Association
Monique Turmel
Monique Turmel Université Laval
Arnab Pain
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
David Sankoff
David Sankoff University of Ottawa

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