Richard M. Burger

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Richard M. Burger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard M. Burger has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Oncology and 8 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Richard M. Burger's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (20 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers) and Electron Spin Resonance Studies (8 papers). Richard M. Burger is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (20 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers) and Electron Spin Resonance Studies (8 papers). Richard M. Burger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Germany. Richard M. Burger's co-authors include J. Peisach, Susan Band Horwitz, John M. Lowenstein, Karl Drlica, J. J. Wortman, John R. Hauser, W. E. Blumberg, Barbara Setlow, Charles P. Scholes and Jonathan B. Wittenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Richard M. Burger

51 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Activated bleomycin. A transient complex of drug, iron, and oxygen that degrades DNA.

1981 404 citations Richard M. Burger, J. Peisach et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard M. Burger United States	27	1.6k	920	522	462	282	52	2.8k
Barton Holmquist United States	39	2.4k 1.5×	915 1.0×	375 0.7×	144 0.3×	388 1.4×	91	4.1k
Kenji Maeda Japan	30	1.4k 0.9×	401 0.4×	1.2k 2.2×	382 0.8×	264 0.9×	113	3.1k
Martin Poe United States	29	2.7k 1.7×	728 0.8×	321 0.6×	139 0.3×	363 1.3×	68	3.8k
Petr Kuzmič United States	26	2.3k 1.5×	569 0.6×	471 0.9×	136 0.3×	420 1.5×	65	3.5k
Thomas Klabunde Germany	31	2.8k 1.8×	985 1.1×	688 1.3×	684 1.5×	577 2.0×	51	4.9k
Hans E. Parge United States	23	2.0k 1.3×	551 0.6×	432 0.8×	468 1.0×	277 1.0×	44	3.7k
Raymond L. Blakley United States	46	4.4k 2.8×	758 0.8×	553 1.1×	480 1.0×	1.1k 3.9×	161	6.4k
Takayoshi Kinoshita Japan	32	1.5k 1.0×	461 0.5×	1.0k 2.0×	84 0.2×	396 1.4×	142	3.0k
Derek Parsonage United States	36	3.3k 2.1×	247 0.3×	321 0.6×	172 0.4×	492 1.7×	81	4.5k
James K. Coward United States	37	2.9k 1.8×	264 0.3×	1.1k 2.2×	127 0.3×	209 0.7×	160	4.0k

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Burger, Richard M., V.M. Grigoryants, & Charles P. Scholes. (2017). Exchangeable proton ENDOR as a probe of the redox-active iron center in activated bleomycin and ferric bleomycin. Dalton Transactions. 46(39). 13263–13272. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Xiangbo, Abdelahad Khajo, Javier Suárez, et al.. (2012). Specific Function of the Met-Tyr-Trp Adduct Radical and Residues Arg-418 and Asp-137 in the Atypical Catalase Reaction of Catalase-Peroxidase KatG. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(44). 37057–37065. 20 indexed citations

Khajo, Abdelahad, Ruth Bryan, Richard M. Burger, et al.. (2011). Protection of Melanized Cryptococcus neoformans from Lethal Dose Gamma Irradiation Involves Changes in Melanin's Chemical Structure and Paramagnetism. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e25092–e25092. 40 indexed citations

Burger, Richard M. & Karl Drlica. (2009). Superoxide protects Escherichia coli from bleomycin mediated lethality. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 103(9). 1273–1277. 22 indexed citations

Burger, Richard M., O. M. Usov, V.M. Grigoryants, & Charles P. Scholes. (2006). Cryogenic Photolysis of Activated Bleomycin to Ferric Bleomycin. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110(41). 20702–20709. 4 indexed citations

Burger, Richard M., et al.. (2001). Pre-clinical characterization of CTC-96 in a non-spermicidal topical virucide. AIDS. 15. S40–S40. 1 indexed citations

Lukoyanov, Dmitriy, Richard M. Burger, & Charles P. Scholes. (2001). ENDOR Determination of the Distance between Bleomycin-Bound Iron and ¹⁹F of 2‘-Fluorocytidine in a DNA Target Sequence. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 123(50). 12742–12743. 4 indexed citations

Epstein, Seth P., et al.. (1998). Efficacy of Cobalt Chelates in the Rabbit Eye Model for Epithelial Herpetic Keratitis. Cornea. 17(5). 550–557. 33 indexed citations

Veselov, A.V., Richard M. Burger, & Charles P. Scholes. (1998). Q-band Electron Nuclear Double Resonance of Ferric Bleomycin and Activated Bleomycin Complexes with DNA: Fe(III) Hyperfine Interaction with ³¹P and DNA-Induced Perturbation to Bleomycin Structure. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120(5). 1030–1033. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Jian‐Ying, Richard M. Burger, & Karl Drlica. (1998). Role of Superoxide in Catalase-Peroxidase-Mediated Isoniazid Action against Mycobacteria. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 42(3). 709–711. 49 indexed citations

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Burger, Richard M., Gaochao Tian, & Karl Drlica. (1995). Oxygen isotope effect on activated bleomycin stability. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(3). 1167–1168. 36 indexed citations

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Veselov, A.V., et al.. (1995). Iron Coordination of Activated Bleomycin Probed by Q- and X-Band ENDOR: Hyperfine Coupling to Activated 17O Oxygen, 14N, and Exchangeable 1H. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(28). 7508–7512. 35 indexed citations

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Burger, Richard M., Karl Drlica, & B. Birdsall. (1994). The DNA cleavage pathway of iron bleomycin. Strand scission precedes deoxyribose 3-phosphate bond cleavage. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269(42). 25978–25985. 33 indexed citations

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Burger, Richard M., et al.. (1991). Bacterial DNA supercoiling and. Journal of Molecular Biology. 219(3). 443–450. 142 indexed citations

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Burger, Richard M., J. Peisach, & Susan Band Horwitz. (1981). Activated bleomycin. A transient complex of drug, iron, and oxygen that degrades DNA.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 256(22). 11636–11644. 404 indexed citations breakdown →

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Donovan, R. P., M. Simons, & Richard M. Burger. (1977). Radiation Hardened LSI for the 1980's: CMOS/SOS vs. I2L. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 24(6). 2336–2340. 2 indexed citations

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Burger, Richard M.. (1971). Kinetics of labeling of fast-renaturing DNA in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 56(1). 199–201. 3 indexed citations

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Clark, D. J., et al.. (1969). Design and Construction of the Axial Injection System for the 88-Inch Cyclotron. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 16(3). 471–473. 2 indexed citations

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Burger, Richard M. & R. P. Donovan. (1968). Bipolar and unipolar transistors. Prentice Hall eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Burger, Richard M.. (1961). Axenic Seedlings of Drosera. Nature. 191(4789). 724–725. 6 indexed citations

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