Peter Burgers, PhD

Peter Burgers, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine

Research Interest

Molecular biology of DNA replication and DNA repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Study of the structure of the DNA replication fork and its response to DNA damage. Biochemical analysis of the DNA damage checkpoint machinery. Function of replication enzymes in damage-induced mutagenesis.

Education

  • 1972: MS, organic chemistry, State University of Leiden, Netherlands
  • 1977: PhD, State University of Leiden

Selected Research Publications

Opposing regulation by Rev1 of DNA polymerase zeta activity on damaged versus undamaged DNA.
  • Bezalel-Buch R, Stith C, Makarova AV, Binz SK, Burgers PM
  • bioRxiv 2026
DNA Damage and Replication Stress Checkpoints.
  • Yates LA, Zhang X, Burgers PM
  • Annu Rev Biochem 2025
DNA polymerase zeta can efficiently replicate structures formed by AT/TA repeat sequences and prevent their deletion.
  • Das M, Hile SE, Brewster J, [...] Burgers PM, [...] Freudenreich CH
  • Nucleic Acids Res 2025

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