Zappert, Julius
<person> Austrian physician, 1867-1942.

Zaratite
<chemical> A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an emerald-green incrustation on chromite.

Zarnich
<chemical> Native sulphide of arsenic, including sandarach, or realgar, and orpiment.

Zarthe
<zoology> A European bream (Abramis vimba).

Zati
<zoology> A species of macaque (Macacus pileatus) native of India and Ceylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, a (more...)

Zauschneria
<botany> A genus of flowering plants. Zauschneria Californica is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers (more...)

Z Line
<cell biology> The line formed where actin filaments attach between two sarcomeres.

Z Chromosome
<genetics> This is a sex chromosome in certain animals such as chickens and moths. In the Z chromosome karyotype, (more...)

Z Disc
<cell biology> Region of the sarcomere into which thin filaments are inserted. Location of _ actinin in the sarcom (more...)

Z-DNA
<molecular biology> A form of DNA, or a region of DNA, in which the helix is flipped into a lefthanded helix, char (more...)