Refereed papers, published, in press, accepted, or under revision

2025

Sarrassin M, Burger G, Lang BF (2025)

"Eukan: a fully automated nuclear genome annotation pipeline for less studied and divergent eukaryotes." Bioinformatics, submitted, Manuscript ID BIOINF-2025-0527

Thimmappa BC, Sahli L, Forget L, Sarrasin M, Bustamante P, Turcotte M, Lang BF, Burger G (2025)

"Microbes beneficial to cranberry plants." ISHS Acta Horticulturae ##, XIII Vaccinium Symposium (Percival D, Polashock J, Retamales J, eds)   doi: ##

2024

Thimmappa BC, Sarrasin M, Lang BF, Burger G (2024)

"A draft genome sequence of Diaporthe vaccinii, isolated from diseased cranberries." Microbiol Resour Announc, revision with the editor, manuscript nr. MRA00466-24R1

Thimmappa BC, Sahli L, Forget L, Sarrasin M, Bustamante P, Henrissat B, Lang BF, Burger G (2024)

"A biofertilizing fungal endophyte of cranberry plants suppresses the plant pathogen Diaporthe." Front Microbiol 15:1327392   doi: fmicb.2024.1327392     Abstract

2023

Záhonová K, Valach M, Tripathi P, Benz C, Opperdoes FR, Barath P, Lukáčová V, Danchenko M, Faktorová D, Horváth A, Burger G, Lukes J, Skodová-Sveráková I* (2023)

"Subunit composition of mitochondrial dehydrogenase complexes in diplonemid flagellates." BBA - General Subjects 1867(9):130419   doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2023.130419     Abstract

Lang BF, Beck N, Prince S, Sarrasin M, Rioux P, Burger G (2023)

"Mitochondrial genome annotation with MFannot: a critical analysis of gene identification and gene model prediction." Frontiers Plant Sci 14:12222186   doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1222186     Abstract

Valach M*, Benz C, Aguilar LC, Gahura O, Faktorova D, Zikova A, Oeffinger M, Burger G, Gray MW, Lukes M (2023)

"Miniature RNAs are embedded in an exceptionally protein-rich mitoribosome via an elaborate assembly pathway." Nucleic Acid Res 51(12):6443-6460   doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad422     Abstract

Valach M*, Moreira S*, Petitjean C, Benz C, Butenko A, Flegontova O, Nenarokova A, Prokopchuk G, Batstone T, Lapbie P, Lemogo L*, Sarrasin M, Stretenowich P, Tripathi P, Yazaki E, Nara T, Henrissat B, Lang BF, Gray MW, Williams TA, Lukes J, Burger G (2023) (*, shared first authorship)

"Recent expansion of metabolic versatility in Diplonema papillatum, the model species of a highly speciose group of marine eukaryotes." BMC Biol 21:99   doi: 10.1186/s12915-023-01563-9     Abstract

Thimmappa BC, Sahli L, Forget L, Sarrasin M, Bustamante P, Lang BF, Burger G (2023)

"Nuclear genome sequence and gene expression of an intracellular fungal endophyte stimulating the growth of cranberry plants." J Fungi 9(1):126   doi:10.3390/jof9010126     Abstract

2022

Sahli L, Bustamante P, Forget L, Burger G, Lang BF (2022)

"Endosymbionts in cranberries: diversity and effect on plant growth and pathogen biocontrol." Plant People Planet 1:1-12   doi:10.1002/ppp3.10290

2021

Lax G, Kolisko M, Eglit Y, Le WJ, Yubuki N, Karnkowska A, Leander B, Burger G, Keeling P, Simpson A (2021)

"Multigene phylogenetics of euglenids based on single-cell transcriptomics of diverse phagotrophs." Molec Phylo Evol 159:107088   doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107088     Abstract

Valach M, Gonzalez Alcazar JA, Sarrasin M, Lang BF, Gray MW, Burger G (2021)

"Unexpectedly complex mitoribosomes in Andalucia godoyi, a protist with the most bacteria-like mitochondrial genome." Molec Biol Evol 38(3):788-804   doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa223     Abstract

2020

Faktorova D, Kaur B, Valach M, Graf L, Benz C, Burger G, Lukes J (2020)

"Targeted integration by homologous recombination enables in-situ tagging and replacement of genes in the marine microeukaryote Diplonema papillatum." Environ Microbiol 22(9):3660-3670   doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15130     Abstract

Faktorova D, Nisbet ER, et al, Burger G, et al, Valach M, et al, Lukes J (2020)

"Genetic tool development in marine protists: Emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology." Nature Methods   doi:10.1038/s41592-020-0796-x     Abstract   Science Web   Springer Nature Blog   Moore Foundation Web   Editorial

Kaur B, Zahonova K, Valach M, Faktorova D, Prokopchuk G, Burger G, Lukes J (2020)

"Gene fragmentation and RNA editing without borders: eccentric mitochondrial genomes of diplonemids." Nucleic Acids Res 48(5):2694-2708   doi:10.1093/nar/gkz1215     Abstract

Gray MW, Burger G, Derelle R, Klimes V, Leger MM, Sarrasin M, Vlcek C, Roger AJ, Elias M, Lang BF (2020)

"The draft genome sequence and predicted mitochondrial proteome of Andalucia godoyi, a protist with the most gene-rich and bacteria-like mitochondrial genome." BMC Biol 18(1):22   doi:10.1186/s12915-020-0741-6     Abstract

2019

Muñoz-Gómez SA, Hess S, Burger G, Lang BF, Susko E, Slamovits CH, Roger AJ (2019)

"An updated phylogeny of the Alphaproteobacteria reveals that the parasitic Rickettsiales and Holosporales have independent origins." eLife 8:e42535   doi:10.1101/462648     Abstract

2018

Valach M, Léveillé-Kunst A, Gray MW, Burger G (2018)

"Respiratory chain Complex I of unparalleled divergence in diplonemids." J Biol Chem 293(41):16043-16056   doi:10.1074/jbc.RA118.005326     Abstract

Burger G, Valach M (2018)

"Perfection of eccentricity: mitochondrial genomes of diplonemids." IUBMB Life 70(12):1197-1206   doi:10.1002/iub.1927     Abstract

Záhonová K, Petreelková R, Valach M, Yazaki E, Tikhonenkov DV, Butenko A, Janouskovec J, Hrdá S, Klimes V, Burger G, Inagaki Y, Keeling PJ, Hampl V, Flegontov P, Yurchenko V, Eliáš M (2018)

"Extensive molecular tinkering in the evolution of the membrane attachment mode of the Rheb GTPase." Sci Reports 8:5239   doi:10.1038/s41598-018-23575-0     Abstract

Kaur B, Valach M, Pena-Diaz P, Moreira S, Keeling PJ, Burger G, Lukes J, Faktorova D (2018)

"Transformation of Diplonema papillatum, the type species of the highly diverse and abundant marine micro-eukaryotes Diplonemida (Euglenozoa)." Environ Micobiol 20:1030-1040   doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14041     Abstract

2017

Valach M, Moreira S, Hoffmann S, Stadler PF, Burger G (2017)

"Keeping it complicated: mitochondrial genome plasticity in diplonemids." Sci Reports 7:14166   doi:10.1038/s41598-017-14286-z   Abstract

2016

Valach M, Moreira S, Faktorova D, Lukes J, Burger G (2016)

"Post-transcriptional mending of gene sequences: looking under the hood of mitochondrial gene expression in diplonemids." RNA Biol 13(12):1204-1211   Abstract

Burger G, Moreira S, Valach M (2016)

"Genes in hiding." Trends Genet 32(9):535-565   doi:10.1016/j.tig.2016.06.005   Abstract

Burger G (2016)

"Non-functional genes repaired at the RNA level." C R Biol 339:289-295   doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2016.04.004   Abstract, PDF

Corrochano LM, Alan Kuo A, Marcet-Houben M, Polaino S, Salamov A, Villalobos JM, Álvarez MI, Avalos J, Benito EP, Benoit I, Burger G, et al (2016)

"Expansion of signal transduction pathways in fungi by whole-genome duplication." Current Biol 26(12):1577-1584   Abstract

Moreira S, Valach M, Aoulad-Aissa M, Otto C, Burger G (2016)

"Novel modes of RNA editing in mitochondria." Nucleic Acids Res 44(10):4907-4919   doi:10.1093/nar/gkw188   Abstract

2015

Moreira S, Noutahi E, Lamoureux G, Burger G (2015)

"Three-dimensional structure model and predicted rewiring of ATP interactions of a deviant RNA ligase." BMC Struct Biol 15:20-34   Abstract

Nosek J, Tomaska L, Burger G, Lang BF (2015)

"Programmed translational bypassing elements in mitochondria: structure, mobility and evolutionary origin." Trends Genet 31(4):197-194   Abstract

2014

Valach M, Burger G, Gray MW, Lang BF (2014)

"Widespread occurrence of organelle genome-encoded 5S rRNAs including permuted molecules." Nucleic Acids Res 42:13764-13777   Abstract

Lang BF, Jakubkova M, Hegedusova E, Daoud R, Forget F, Brejova B, Vinar T, Kosa P, Fricova D, Nebohacova M, Griac P, Tomaska L, Burger G, Nosek J (2014)

"Massive programmed translational jumping in mitochondria." Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 111(16):5926-5931   Abstract

Valach M, Moreira S, Kiethega G, Burger G (2014)

"Trans-splicing and RNA-editing of LSU rRNA in Diplonema mitochondria." Nucleic Acids Res 42:517-528   Abstract

2013

Suga H, Torruella G, Burger G, Brown MW, Ruiz-Trillo I (2013)

"Earliest holozoan expansion of phosphotyrosine signaling." Molec Biol Evol 31:517-528   Abstract

Hafez M, Burger G, Steinberg SV, Lang BF (2013)

"A second eukaryotic group with mitochondrion-encoded tmRNA. in silico identification and experimental confirmation." RNA Biology 10:1117-1124   Abstract

Burger G, Gray MW, Forget L, Lang BF (2013)

"A strikingly bacteria-like and gene-rich mitochondrial genome is a hallmark of jakobid protists." Genome Biol Evol 5:418-438   Abstract

Kiethega G, Yan Y, Turcotte M, Burger G (2013)

"RNA-level unscrambling of fragmented genes in Diplonema mitochondria." RNA Biology 10:301-313   Abstract

2012

Price DC, et al, Burger G, et al, Bhattacharya D (2012)

"Cyanophora paradoxa genome elucidates origin of photosynthesis in algae and plants." Science 335:843-847   Abstract

Moreira S, Breton S, Burger G (2012)

"Unscrambling genetic information at the RNA level." (invited review) Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA 3:213-228   Abstract

2011

Flegontov P, Gray MW, Burger G, Lukes J (2011)

"Gene fragmentation: a key to mitochondrial genome evolution in Euglenozoa?" Curr Genet 57(4):225-232   Abstract

Kiethega G, Turcotte M, Burger G (2011)

"Evolutionary conserved trans-splicing without cis-motifs." Mol Biol Evol 28(9):2425-2428   Abstract

2010

Vlcek C, Marande M, Teijeiro S, Lukes J, Burger G (2010)

"Systematically fragmented genes in a multi-partite mitochondrial genome." Nucleic Acids Res 39(3):979-988   Abstract

Shen YQ, Burger G (2010)

"TESTLoc: protein subcellular localization prediction from EST data." BCM Bioinformatics 11:563   Abstract

Baurain D, Brinkmann H, Petersen J, Rodriguez-Ezpeleta N, Stechmann A, Demoulin V, Roger A, Burger G, Philippe H, Lang BF (2010)

"Phylogenomic evidence for separate acquisition of plastids in cryptophytes, haptophytes, and stramenopiles." Molec Biol Evol 27(7):1698-1709   Abstract

Bullerwell CE, Burger G, Gott JM, Kourennaia O, Schnare MN, Gray MW (2010)

"Abundant 5S rRNA-like transcripts encoded by the mitochondrial genome in amoebozoa." Eukaryotic Cell 9(5):762-773   Abstract

2009

Burger G, Yan YF, Javadi P, Lang BF (2009)

"Group I-intron trans-splicing and mRNA editing in the mitochondria of placozoan animals." Trends Genet 25(9):381-386   Abstract

Shen YQ, Lang BF, Burger G (2009)

"Diversity and dispersal of a ubiquitous protein family: acyl-CoA dehydrogenases." Nucleic Acids Res 37(17):5619-5631   Abstract

Ma LJ, Ibrahim AS, Skory C, Grabherr MG, Idnurm A, Corrochano LM, Elias M, Burger G, et al, Shen YQ, et al (2009)

"Genomic analysis of the basal lineage fungus Rhizopus oryzae reveals a whole-genome duplication." PLoS Genetics 5(7):e1000459   Abstract

Gile GH, Faktorova D, Castlejohn CA, Burger G, Lang BF, Farmer MA, Lukes J, Keeling PJ (2009)

"Distribution and phylogeny of EFL and EF-1 in Euglenozoa suggest ancestral co-occurrence followed by differential loss." PLoS One 4(4):e5162   Abstract

O'Brien E, Zhang Y, Wang E, Marie V, Badejoko W, Lang BF, Burger G (2009)

"GOBASE: an organelle genome database." Nucleic Acids Res 37:D946-950   Abstract

Shen YQ, Burger G (2009)

"Plasticity of a key metabolic pathway in fungi." Funct Integrat Genomics 9:145-151   Abstract

2008

Kannan S, Burger G (2008)

"Unassigned MURF1 of kinetoplastids codes for NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2." BMC Genomics 9:455   Paper

Kannan S, Hauth A, Burger G (2008)

"Function prediction of hypothetical proteins without sequence similarity to proteins of known function." Pept Lett 15(10):1107-1116   Abstract

Tadepally HD, Burger G, Aubry M (2008)

"Evolution of C2H2-zinc finger genes and subfamilies in mammals: Species-specific duplication and loss of clusters, genes and effector domains." BMC Evol Biol 8:176   Abstract

Hauth AM, Burger G (2008)

"Methodology for constructing problem definitions in bioinformatics." Bioinformatics and Biology Insights 2:239-244   Abstract

Burger G, Roy J, Teijeiro S (2008)

"Quand les gènes s'éclatent: les génomes des diplonémidés (When genes break up: the mitochondrial genomes of diplonemids)." Médecine Science 24:703-705   Abstract

Ruiz-Trillo I, Roger A, Burger G, Gray MW, Lang BF (2008)

"A phylogenomic investigation into the origin of Metazoa." Mol Biol Evol 25:664-672   Abstract

2007

Marande W and Burger G (2007)

"Mitochondrial DNA as a genomic jigsaw puzzle." Science 318:415   Abstract

Shen, YQ and Burger G (2007)

"Unite and conquer: enhanced prediction of protein subcellular localization by integrating multiple specialized tools." BMC Bioinformatics 8:420-430   Abstract

Rodriguez-Epeleta N, Brinkmann H, Burger G, Roger Andrew J, Gray MW, Philippe H, Lang BF (2007)

"Toward resolving the eukaryotic tree: the phylogenetic positions of jakobids and cercozoans." Current Biol 17:1420-1425   Abstract

Roy J, Faktorova D, Lukes J and Burger G (2007)

"Unusual mitochondrial genome structures throughout Euglenozoa." Protist 158:385-396   Abstract

Lang BF and Burger G (2007)

"Purification of mitochondrial and plastid DNA." Nat Protoc 2:652-660   Abstract

Burger G, Lavrov DV, Forget L and Lang BF (2007)

"Sequencing complete mitochondrial and plastid genomes." Nat Protoc 2:603-614   Abstract

Ruiz-Trillo I, Burger G, Holland WH, King N, Lang BF, Roger AJ and Gray MW (2007)

"The origins of multicellularity: a multi-taxon genome initiative." Trends Genet 23:113-118   Abstract

Lang BF, Laforest M-J and Burger G (2007)

"Mitochondrial introns - a critical view." Trends Genet 23:119-125   Abstract

Roy, J, Faktorova D, Benada O, Lukes J and Burger G (2007)

"Rhynchopus euleeides n. sp. (Diplonemea), a free-living, marine euglenozoan." J Eukaryot Microbiol 54:137-145   Abstract

O'Brien E, Koski L, Zhang Y, Yang L, Wang E, Gray MW, Burger G and Lang BF (2007)

"TBestDB: a taxonomically broad database of expressed sequence tags (ESTs)." Nucleic Acids Res 35:D445-451   Abstract

2006

Iwatani K, Dora H, Lang BF, Burger G, Hori M and Fujishima M (2006)

"Dynamics of an 89-kDa protein localizing at a specialized tip of the endonuclear symbiotic bacterium Holospora in infection." Jpn J Protozool 39:89-90   Abstract

Breton S, Burger G, Stewart DT, Blier PU (2006)

"Comparative Analysis of Gender-Associated, Complete Mitochondrial Genomes in Marine Mussels (Mytilus spp.)." Genetics 172:1107-1119   Abstract

O'Brien E, Zhang Y, Yang L, Wang E, Marie V, Lang BF and Burger G (2006)

"GOBASE - a database of organelle and bacterial genome information." Nucleic Acids Res 34:D697-699   Abstract

2005

Iwatani K, Dora H, Lang BF, Burger G, Hori M and Fujishima M (2005)

"Translocation of an 89-kDa periplasmic protein is associated with Holospora infection." Biochem Biophys Res Comm 337:1198-1205   Abstract

Lang BF, Brinkmann H, Koski LB, Fujishima M, Gortz HD, and Burger G (2005)

"On the origin of mitochondria and Rickettsia-related eukaryotic endosymbionts." Jpn J Protozool 38(2):171-183

Keeling PJ, Burger G, Durnford DG, Lang BF, Lee RW, Pearlman RE, Roger AJ and Gray MW (2005)

"The Tree of Eukaryotes." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 20(12):670-676   Abstract

Hauth A, Maier U, Lang BF and Burger G (2005)

"The Rhodomonas salina mitochondrial genome: bacteria-like operons, compact gene arrangement and complex repeat region." Nucleic Acids Res 33(14):4433-4442   Abstract

Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, Brinkmann H, Burey S, Roure B, Burger G, Loeffelhardt W, Bohnert HJ, Philippe H and Lang BF (2005)

"Monophyly of primary photosynthetic eukaryotes: green plants, red algae and glaucophytes." Curr Biol 15:1325-1330   Abstract

Koski LB, Gray MW, Lang BF and Burger G (2005)

"AutoFACT: An Automatic Functional Annotation and Classification Tool." BMC Bioinformatics 6:151   Abstract

Marande W, Lukes J and Burger G (2005)

"Unique mitochondrial genome structure in diplonemids, the sister group of kinetoplastids." Eukaryot Cell 4(6):1137-1146   Abstract

2004

Gray MW, Lang BF and Burger G (2004)

"Mitochondria of protists." (invited review) Annu Rev Genet 38:477-524   Abstract

Badidi E, Lang BF and Burger G (2004)

"FLOSYS - a web-accessible workflow system for protocol-driven biomolecular sequence analysis." Cell Mol Biol 50(7):785-793   Abstract

2003

Badidi E, De Sousa C, Lang BF and Burger G (2003)

"AnaBench: a Web/CORBA-based workbench for biomolecular sequence analysis" BMC Bionformatics 4:63   Abstract

Burger G, MW Gray and Lang BF (2003)

"Mitochondrial genomes, anything goes." (invited review) Trends in Genetics 19(12):709-716   Abstract

Burger G and Lang BF (2003)

"Parallels in genome evolution in mitochondria and bacterial symbionts." (invited review) IUBMB Life 55(4-5):205-212   Abstract

Burger G, Lang BF, Braun HP and Marx S (2003)

"The enigmatic mitochondrial ORF ymf39 codes for ATP synthase chain b." Nucl Acids Res 31 (9):2353-2360   Abstract

Linka N, Hurka H, Lang BF, Burger G, Winkler HH, Stamme C, Urbany C, Seil I, Kusch J and Neuhaus E (2003)

"Phylogenetic relationship of non-mitochondrial nucleotide transport proteins in bacteria and eukaryotes." Gene 306:27-35   Abstract

Burger G, Forget L, Gray MW and Lang BF (2003)

"Unique mitochondrial genome architecture in unicellular relatives of animals." Proc Natl Acad USA 100:892-897   Abstract

O'Brien, E, Badidi E, Barbasiewicz A, deSousa C, Lang BF and Burger G (2003)

"GOBASE: a database of mitochondrial and chloroplast information." Nucl Acids Res 1:176-178   Abstract

Marx S, Baumgaertner M, Kannan S, Braun HP, Lang BF and Burger G (2003)

"Structure of the bc1 complex from Seculamonas ecuadoriensis, a jakobid flagellate with in ancestral mitochondrial genome." Mol Biol Evol 20:145-153   Abstract

2002

Lang BF, O'Kelly C, Nerad T, Gray MW, and Burger G (2002)

"The closest unicellular relatives of animals." Current Biology 12:1773-1778   Abstract

Barbasiewicz A, Liu L, Lang BF and Burger G (2002)

"Building a genome database using an object-oriented approach." In: In silico Biology 2 (3):213-217   Abstract

2001

Gray MW, Burger G and Lang BF (2001)

"The origin and early evolution of mitochondria." (invited review) Genome Biology 2(6), reviews 1018.1-1018.5   Abstract

Shimko N, Liu L, Lang BF and Burger G (2001)

"GOBASE: the Organelle Genome Database." Nucl Acids Res 29(1):128-132   Abstract

2000

Sankoff D, Bryant D, Deneault M, Lang BF and Burger G (2000)

"Early eukaryote evolution based on mitochondrial gene order breakpoints." J Comput Biol 7(3):521-535   Abstract

Bullerwell CE, Burger G and Lang BF (2000)

"A novel motif for identifying Rps3 homologs in fungal mitochondrial genomes." TIBS 25:363-365. No abstract available.

Chesnick JM, Goff M, Graham J, Ocampo C, Lang BF, Seif E and Burger G (2000)

"The mitochondrial genome of the stramenopile alga Chrysodidymus synuroideus. Complete sequence, gene content and genome organization." Nucleic Acids Res 28:2512-2518   Abstract

Nedelcu A, Lee RW, Lemieux C, Gray MW and Burger G (2000)

"The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Scenedesmus obliquus reflects an intermediate stage in the evolution of the green algal mitochondrial genome." Genome Research 10:819-831   Abstract

Burger G, Zhu Y, Littlejohn TG, Greenwood SJ, Schnare MN, Lang BF and Gray MW (2000)

"Complete sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Tetrahymena pyriformis and comparison with Paramecium aurelia mitochondrial DNA." J Mol Biol 297:365-380   Abstract

Edqvist J, Burger G and Gray MW (2000)

"Expression of mitochondrial protein-coding genes in Tetrahymena pyriformis." J Mol Biol 297:381-393   Abstract

Lang BF, Paquin B and Burger G (2000)

"L'évolution moléculaire et la révolution génomique." (invited review) Medecine Science 16:212-218

Sankoff D, Bryant D, Deneault M, Lang BF and Burger G (2000)

"Early eukaryote evolution based on mitochondrial gene order breakpoints." Proceedings of the Fourth Annual International Conference on Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB 2000), pp. 254-262. New York: ACM Press

1999

Zuccarello GC, Burger G, West JA and King RJ (1999)

"A mitochondrial marker for red algal intraspecific relationships. Variable within populations and maternally inherited in Bostrychia." Mol Ecology 8:1443-1447   Abstract

Lang BF, Gray MW and Burger G (1999)

"Mitochondrial genome evolution and the origin of eukaryotes." (invited review) Annu Rev Genet 33:351-397   Abstract

Lang BF, Seif E, Gray MW, O'Kelly CJ and Burger G (1999)

"A comparative genomics approach to the evolution of eukaryotes and their mitochondria." (invited review) J Euk Microbiol 46:320-326   Abstract

Burger G, Saint-Louis D, Gray MW and Lang BF (1999)

"Complete sequences of the mitochondrial DNA of the red alga Porphyra purpurea: Cyanobacterial introns and shared ancestry of red and green algae." Plant Cell 11:1675-1694   Abstract

Turmel M, Lemieux C, Burger G, Lang BF, Otis C, Plante I and Gray MW (1999)

"The complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of Nephroselmis olivacea and Pedinomonas minor: Two radically different evolutionary patterns within green algae." Plant Cell 11:1717-1729   Abstract

Gray MW, Burger G and Lang BF (1999)

"Mitochondrial evolution." (invited review) Science 283:1476-1481   Abstract

1998

Lang BF, O'Kelly CJ, Burger G (1998)

"Mitochondrial genomics in protists, an approach to probing eukaryotic evolution." (invited review) Protist 149:313-322

Korab-Laskowska M, Rioux P, Brossard N, Littlejohn TG, Gray MW, Lang BF, Burger G (1998)

"The Organelle Genome Database Project (GOBASE)." Nucleic Acids Res 26:139-144   Abstract

Gray MW, Lang BF, Cedergren R, Golding B, Lemieux C, Sankoff D, Turmel M, Brossard N, Delage E, Littlejohn TG, Plante I, Rioux P, Saint-Louis D, Zhy Y, Burger G (1998)

"Genome Structure and gene content in protist mitochondrial DNAs." Nucleic Acids Res 26:865-887   Abstract

1997

Lang BF, Burger G, O'Kelly CJ, Cedergren RJ, Golding B, Lemieux C, Sankoff S, Turmel M, Gray MW (1997)

"An ancestral mitochondrial DNA resembling a eubacterial genome in miniature." Nature 387:493-497   Abstract

1996

Chesnick JM, Tuxbury K, Coleman A, Burger G, Lang BF (1996)

"Utility of the mitochondrial nad4L gene for algal and protistan phylogenetic analysis." J Phycol 32:452-456   Abstract

Burger G, Lang BF, Reith M, Gray MW (1996)

"Genes encoding the same three subunits of respiratory complex II are present in the mitochondrial DNA of two phylogenetically distant eukaryotes." Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93:2328-2332   Abstract

1995

Burger G, Plante I, Lonergan KM, Gray MW (1995)

"The mitochondrial DNA of the amoeboid protozoon, Acanthamoeba castellanii. Complete sequence, gene content and genome organization." J Mol Biol 245:522-537   Abstract

1994

Wolff G, Plante I, Lang BF, Kuck U, Burger G (1994)

"Complete sequence of the mitochondrial DNA of the chlorophyte alga Prototheca wickerhamii. Gene content and genome organization." J Mol Biol 237:74-86   Abstract

Jabaji-Hare SH, Burger G, Forget L, Lang BF (1994)

"Extrachromosomal plasmids in the plant pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani." Curr Genetics 25:423-431   Abstract

1993

Wolff G, Burger G, Lang BF, Kuck U (1993)

"Mitochondrial genes in the colorless alga Prototheca wickerhamii resemble plant genes in their exons but fungal genes in their introns." Nucleic Acids Res 21:719-726   Abstract

1991

Burger G, Strauss J, Scazzocchio C, Lang BF (1991)

"nirA, the pathway-specific regulatory gene of nitrate assimilation in Aspergillus nidulans encodes a putative GAL4-type zinc-finger protein and contains 4 introns in highly conserved regions." Mol Cell Biol 11:5746-5755   Abstract

Daboussi M-J, Langin T, Deschamps F, Brygoo Y, Scazzocchio C, Burger G (1991)

"Heterologous expression of the Aspergillus nidulans regulatory gene nirA in Fusarium oxysporum." Gene 109:155-160   Abstract

Burger G, Tilburn J, Scazzocchio C (1991)

"Molecular cloning and functional characterization of the pathway specific regulatory gene nirA, controlling nitrate assimilation in Aspergillus nidulans." Mol Cell Biol 11:795-802   Abstract

1990 and before

Lang BF, Burger G (1990)

"A rapid, high resolution DNA sequencing gel system." Anal Biochem 188:176–180   Abstract

Lang BF, Burger G (1986)

"A collection of programs for nucleic acid and protein analysis, written in FORTRAN 77 for IBM-PC compatible microcomputers." Nucleic Acids Res 14:455–465   Abstract

Burger G, Werner S (1986)

"Mitochondrial gene URFN gene of Neurospora crassa codes for a long polypeptide with a highly repetitive structure." J Mol Biol 191:589–599   Abstract

Burger G, Werner S (1985)

"The mitochondrial URF1 gene in Neurospora crassa has a novel type of intronic URF." J Mol Biol 186:231–242   Abstract

Burger G, Helmer-Citterich M, Nelson MA, Werner S, Macino G (1985)

"Processing in Neurospora crassa mitochondria: Transfer RNAs punctuate a large precursor transcript." EMBO J 4:197–204   Abstract

Burger G, Hofner E (1984)

"Cytochrome b of cob revertants in yeast. 2. Bioenergetic characterization of revertants with reduced content and shifted maximum absorption wavelength of cytochrome b." Eur J Biochem 141:299–304   Abstract

Burger G (1984)

"Cytochrome b of cob revertants in yeast. 1. Isolation and characterization of revertants derived from cob exon mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae." Mol Gen Genet 196:158–166   Abstract

Burger G, Scriven C, Machleidt W, Werner S (1982)

"Subunit 1 of cytochrome oxidase from Neurospora crassa: Nucleotide sequence of the coding gene and partial amino acid sequence of the protein." EMBO J 1:1385–139   Abstract

Del Giudice L, Wolf K, Seitz G, Burger G, Lang BF, Kaudewitz F (1977)

"Extrachromosomal inheritance in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. III. Isolation and characterization of paromomycin-resistant mutants." Mol Gen Genet 152:319–324   Abstract

Lang BF, Burger G, Doxiadis I, Thomas DY, Bandlow, Kaudewitz F (1977)

"A simple method for the large-scale preparation of mitochondria from microorganisms." Anal Biochem 77:110–121   Abstract

Burger G, Lang BF, Bandlow W, Schweyen R, Backhaus B, Kaudewitz F (1976)

"Antimycin resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a new mutation on the mitDNA conferring antimycin resistance on the mitochondrial respiratory chain." Biochem Biophys Res Commun 72:1201–1208   Abstract

Wolf K, Lang BF, Burger G, Kaudewitz F (1976)

"Extrachromosomal inheritance in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. II. Evidence for extrakaryotically inherited respiratory deficient mutants." Mol Gen Genet 144:75–81   Abstract

Wolf K, Burger G, Lang BF, Kaudewitz F (1976)

"Extrachromosomal inheritance in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. I. Evidence for an extrakaryotically inherited mutation conferring resistance to antimycin." Mol Gen Genet 144:67–73   Abstract

Lang BF, Burger G, Wolf K, Bandlow W, Kaudewitz F (1975)

"Studies on the mechanism of electron transport in the bc1-segment of the respiratory chain in yeast. III. Isolation and characterization of an antimycin resistant mutant ANT 8 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe." Mol Gen Genet 137:353–363   Abstract

Burger G, Lang BF, Bandlow W, Kaudewitz F (1975)

"Studies on the mechanism of electron transport in the bc1-segment of the respiratory chain in yeast. II. The binding of antimycin to mitochondrial particles and the function of two different binding sites." Biochim Biophys Acta 396:187–201   Abstract

Lang BF, Burger G, Bandlow W (1974)

"Activity of reduced ubiquinone: cytochrome c oxidoreductase with various ubiquinol-isoprenologues as substrate and corresponding inhibitory effect of antimycin in yeast." Biochim Biophys Acta 368:71–85   Abstract