2026 Peter M. J. Burgers: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	92	708	630	385	337	194	24085

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

1137
Citations
Division of Labor at the Eukaryotic Replication Fork

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

556
Citations
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

488
Citations
Eukaryotic DNA Replication Fork.

Peter M.J. Burgers;Thomas A. Kunkel

482
Citations
Abundant ribonucleotide incorporation into DNA by yeast replicative polymerases

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

449
Citations
Eukaryotic DNA polymerases: proposal for a revised nomenclature.

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

426
Citations
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

410
Citations
Polymerase dynamics at the eukaryotic DNA replication fork.

Peter M.J. Burgers

409
Citations
The PCNA–RFC Families of DNA Clamps and Clamp Loaders

Jerzy Majka;Peter M J Burgers

404
Citations
RNase H2-Initiated Ribonucleotide Excision Repair

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

365
Citations
DNA polymerases that propagate the eukaryotic DNA replication fork

Parie Garg;Peter M. J. Burgers

362
Citations
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

354
Citations
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

350
Citations
Transformation of yeast spheroplasts without cell fusion.

Peter M.J. Burgers;Kimberly J. Percival

340
Citations
Yeast Rad17/Mec3/Ddc1: a sliding clamp for the DNA damage checkpoint.

Jerzy Majka;Peter M. J. Burgers

322
Citations
Dividing the workload at a eukaryotic replication fork

Thomas A. Kunkel;Peter M. Burgers

316
Citations
Processing of branched DNA intermediates by a complex of human FEN-1 and PCNA.

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

309
Citations
A Defined Human System That Supports Bidirectional Mismatch-Provoked Excision

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

301
Citations
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

298
Citations
A study of the mechanism of DNA polymerase I from Escherichia coli with diastereomeric phosphorothioate analogs of deoxyadenosine triphosphate.

P M Burgers;F Eckstein

295
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Kunkel National Institutes of Health

Erik Johansson Umeå University

Dmitry A. Gordenin National Institutes of Health

Michael A. Resnick National Institutes of Health

Robert A. Bambara University of Rochester

John Kuriyan Vanderbilt University

Satya Prakash The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Xiaodong Zhang Imperial College London

Louise Prakash The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Judith L. Campbell California Institute of Technology

External Links

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