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Peter M. J. Burgers publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter M. J. Burgers sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 194 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Peter M. J. Burgers D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter M. J. Burgers sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 92 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Peter M. J. Burgers is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a concentration in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cancer Research, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Enzyme Structure and Function

Recent publications by Burgers include:

  • "Mechanism of auto-inhibition and activation of Mec1ATR checkpoint kinase", 2020, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • "Modeling cancer genomic data in yeast reveals selection against ATM function during tumorigenesis", 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • "Bypass of DNA interstrand crosslinks by a Rev1-DNA polymerase ζ complex", 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Pif1, RPA, and FEN1 modulate the ability of DNA polymerase δ to overcome protein barriers during DNA synthesis", 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "A DNA damage-induced phosphorylation circuit enhances Mec1 ATR Ddc2 ATRIP recruitment to Replication Protein A", 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Burgers include:

  • Elias Tannous
  • Luke A. Yates
  • Xiaodong Zhang
  • Rachel Bezalel-Buch
  • Young Cheun

Burgers has published regularly in notable venues such as:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • PLoS Genetics

In 2010, they were recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Crystal structure of the eukaryotic DNA polymerase processivity factor PCNA

    Talluru S.R. Krishna;Xiang-Peng Kong;Sonja Gary;Peter M. Burgers

  • Division of Labor at the Eukaryotic Replication Fork

    Stephanie A. Nick McElhinny;Dmitry A. Gordenin;Carrie M. Stith;Peter M.J. Burgers

  • Roles of yeast DNA polymerases delta and zeta and of Rev1 in the bypass of abasic sites.

    Lajos Haracska;Ildiko Unk;Robert E. Johnson;Erik Johansson

  • Eukaryotic DNA Replication Fork.

    Peter M.J. Burgers;Thomas A. Kunkel

  • Abundant ribonucleotide incorporation into DNA by yeast replicative polymerases

    Stephanie A. Nick McElhinny;Brian E. Watts;Dinesh Kumar;Danielle L. Watt

  • Eukaryotic DNA polymerases: proposal for a revised nomenclature.

    Peter M J Burgers;Eugene V. Koonin;Elspeth Bruford;Luis Blanco

  • Eukaryotic DNA polymerases require an iron-sulfur cluster for the formation of active complexes

    Daili J A Netz;Carrie M Stith;Martin Stümpfig;Gabriele Köpf

  • Polymerase dynamics at the eukaryotic DNA replication fork.

    Peter M.J. Burgers

  • The PCNA–RFC Families of DNA Clamps and Clamp Loaders

    Jerzy Majka;Peter M J Burgers

  • RNase H2-Initiated Ribonucleotide Excision Repair

    Justin L. Sparks;Hyongi Chon;Susana M. Cerritelli;Thomas A. Kunkel

  • DNA polymerases that propagate the eukaryotic DNA replication fork

    Parie Garg;Peter M. J. Burgers

  • Lagging Strand DNA Synthesis at the Eukaryotic Replication Fork Involves Binding and Stimulation of FEN-1 by Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen

    Xiangyang Li;Jun Li;John Harrington;Michael R. Lieber

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae replication factor C. II. Formation and activity of complexes with the proliferating cell nuclear antigen and with DNA polymerases delta and epsilon.

    P. M. J. Burgers

  • Transformation of yeast spheroplasts without cell fusion.

    Peter M.J. Burgers;Kimberly J. Percival

  • Yeast Rad17/Mec3/Ddc1: a sliding clamp for the DNA damage checkpoint.

    Jerzy Majka;Peter M. J. Burgers

  • Dividing the workload at a eukaryotic replication fork

    Thomas A. Kunkel;Peter M. Burgers

  • Processing of branched DNA intermediates by a complex of human FEN-1 and PCNA.

    Xiantuo Wu;Jun Li;Xiangyang Li;Chih-Lin Hsieh

  • A Defined Human System That Supports Bidirectional Mismatch-Provoked Excision

    Leonid Dzantiev;Nicoleta Constantin;Jochen Genschel;Ravi R. Iyer

  • Okazaki Fragment Maturation in Yeast I. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNCTIONS BETWEEN FEN1 AND DNA2

    Rao Ayyagari;Xavier V. Gomes;Dmitry A. Gordenin;Peter M.J. Burgers

  • A study of the mechanism of DNA polymerase I from Escherichia coli with diastereomeric phosphorothioate analogs of deoxyadenosine triphosphate.

    P M Burgers;F Eckstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Kunkel
Thomas A. Kunkel National Institutes of Health
Erik Johansson
Erik Johansson Umeå University
Dmitry A. Gordenin
Dmitry A. Gordenin National Institutes of Health
Michael A. Resnick
Michael A. Resnick National Institutes of Health
Robert A. Bambara
Robert A. Bambara University of Rochester
John Kuriyan
John Kuriyan Vanderbilt University
Satya Prakash
Satya Prakash The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Xiaodong Zhang
Xiaodong Zhang Imperial College London
Louise Prakash
Louise Prakash The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Judith L. Campbell
Judith L. Campbell California Institute of Technology

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