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Mark J. Schnitzer

Professor, HHMI Investigator, Stanford University
Verified email at stanford.edu
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The chemistry of soil organic nitrogen: a review

HR Schulten, M Schnitzer - Biology and fertility of soils, 1997 - Springer
… either 0.2 M Ba(OH)2, or with 2.5 M NaOH under reflux. No significant differences were found
between results obtained by the two types of hydrolysis. The data showed that hot 6 M HCl …

Next-generation optical technologies for illuminating genetically targeted brain circuits

…, G Miesenböck, A Ting, MJ Schnitzer - Journal of …, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
Emerging technologies from optics, genetics, and bioengineering are being combined for
studies of intact neural circuits. The rapid progression of such interdisciplinary “optogenetic” …

Fiber-optic fluorescence imaging

…, JC Jung, ELM Cheung, MJ Schnitzer - Nature …, 2005 - nature.com
Optical fibers guide light between separate locations and enable new types of fluorescence
imaging. Fiber-optic fluorescence imaging systems include portable handheld microscopes, …

Information provided on humic substances by E4/E6 ratios

Y Chen, N Senesi, M Schnitzer - Soil science society of …, 1977 - Wiley Online Library
The ratio of optical densities or absorbances of dilute, aqueous humic and fulvic acid solutions
at 465 and 665 nm (E 4 /E 6 ) is widely used by soil scientists for the characterization of …

Single kinesin molecules studied with a molecular force clamp

K Visscher, MJ Schnitzer, SM Block - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
Kinesin is a two-headed, ATP-driven motor protein that moves processively along
microtubules in discrete steps of 8 nm, probably by advancing each of its heads alternately in …

Force and velocity measured for single molecules of RNA polymerase

MD Wang, MJ Schnitzer, H Yin, R Landick, J Gelles… - Science, 1998 - science.org
RNA polymerase (RNAP) moves along DNA while carrying out transcription, acting as a
molecular motor. Transcriptional velocities for single molecules of Escherichia coli RNAP were …

Organic matter characterization

M Schnitzer - Methods of soil analysis: Part 2 Chemical and …, 1983 - Wiley Online Library
… Morris, GF, and M. Schnitzer. 1967. Rapid determination of carbon in soil organic matter
extracts by dry … Schnitzer. 1972. Electron spin resonance spectrometry of humic substances. …

[HTML][HTML] Nanotechnology in fertilizers

MC DeRosa, C Monreal, M Schnitzer, R Walsh… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Nitrogen, which is a key nutrient source for food, biomass, and fibre production in agriculture,
is by far the most important element in fertilizers when judged in terms of the energy …

[HTML][HTML] Kinesin hydrolyses one ATP per 8-nm step

MJ Schnitzer, SM Block - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Kinesin is a two-headed, ATP-dependent motor protein 1 , 2 that moves along microtubules
indiscrete steps 3 of 8 nm. In vitro, single molecules produceprocessive movement 4 , 5 , …

Macromolecular structures of humic substances

K Ghosh, M Schnitzer - Soil Science, 1980 - journals.lww.com
We investigated humic substances by surface pressure and viscosity measurements at
different pHs and neutral salt concentrations to elucidate their macromolecular configurations. …