Category: Burgers Publications

Activation of Tel1ATM kinase requires Rad50 ATPase and long nucleosome-free DNA, but no DNA ends.

Sarem Hailemariam, Sandeep Kumar, & Peter M. Burgers (2019). “Activation of Tel1ATM kinase requires Rad50 ATPase and long nucleosome-free DNA, but no DNA ends.” J Biol Chem. 2019 Jun 28;294(26):10120-10130. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA119.008410. Epub 2019 May 9. (Abstract)

Arranging eukaryotic nuclear DNA polymerases for replication: Specific interactions with accessory proteins arrange Pols α, δ, and ϵ in the replisome for leading-strand and lagging-strand DNA replication.

Kunkel T.A. & Burgers P.M. (2017). “Arranging eukaryotic nuclear DNA polymerases for replication: Specific interactions with accessory proteins arrange Pols α, δ, and ϵ in the replisome for leading-strand and lagging-strand DNA replication.” Bioessays. 2017 Aug;39(8). doi: 10.1002/bies.201700070. (Abstract)

Yeast DNA polymerase ζ maintains consistent activity and mutagenicity across a wide range of physiological dNTP concentrations.

Kochenova O.V., Bezalel-Buch R., Tran P., Makarova A.V., Chabes A., Burgers P.M., & Shcherbakova P.V. (2016). “Yeast DNA polymerase ζ maintains consistent activity and mutagenicity across a wide range of physiological dNTP concentrations.” Nucleic Acids Res. 2017 Feb 17;45(3):1200-1218. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkw1149. (Abstract)

Parallel analysis of ribonucleotide-dependent deletions produced by yeast Top1 in vitro and in vivo.

Cho J.E., Huang S.N., Burgers P.M., Shuman S., Pommier Y., & Jinks-Robertson S. (2016). “Parallel analysis of ribonucleotide-dependent deletions produced by yeast Top1 in vitro and in vivo.” Nucleic Acids Res. 2016 Sep 19;44(16):7714-21. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkw495. Epub 2016 Jun 1. (Abstract)