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Zeaxanthin
Zeaxanthin is a xanthophyll carotenoid, a plant pigment in yellow corn, saffron, and leafy greens that accumulates selectively in the retina's macula and is included in the AREDS2 eye-health supplement formula.
Zeaxanthin epoxidase
Zeaxanthin epoxidase (ZEP, EC 1.14.13.90, aba1) is a lipocalin enzyme converting zeaxanthin to antheraxanthin and violaxanthin in the xanthophyll cycle and ABA biosynthesis; npq2 mutants lack it.
Zeb Bangash
Zeb Bangash (زیب بنگش) is a Pakistani singer and songwriter from Lahore, best known as one half of Zeb and Haniya, described as Pakistan's first all-female music band.
Zeb Wells
Zeb Wells (Michael Zeb Wells, born 1977) is an American comic book and screenwriter known for Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man (2022-2024), Hellions, Robot Chicken, Deadpool & Wolverine, and Marvel Zombies.
Zeb-un-Nissa
Zeb-un-Nissa (زیب النساء) was a Mughal princess, the eldest child of Emperor Aurangzeb, and a Persian-language poet writing as Makhfi who spent her last two decades confined at Salimgarh fort.
ZEB1
ZEB1 (TCF8, DELTAEF1), zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1, is a human chromosome 10p11.22 gene encoding a 1,124-aa zinc finger transcription factor that represses E-cadherin, drives EMT, metastasis, and therapy resistance, and causes corneal dystrophies when mutated.
ZEB2
ZEB2 (SIP1, ZFHX1B, SMADIP1) is a human gene at 2q22.3 encoding a 1,214-aa zinc finger-homeodomain transcriptional repressor governing neural crest development; mutations cause Mowat-Wilson syndrome.
Zeba Bakhtiar (زیبا بختیار)
Zeba Bakhtiar (زیبا بختیار), Pakistani actress born 1971 in Quetta, starred in Bollywood's Henna (1991) with Rishi Kapoor, acted in Sargam, and produced O21 with son Azaan Sami Khan.
Zeba Wunderlich
Zeba Wunderlich is a biologist who studies gene regulation, on the faculty at Boston University and a recipient of the 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
Zebby Matthews
Zebby Matthews (Daniel Zebulon Matthews) is a Minnesota Twins right-handed starting pitcher, born 2000 in Cullowhee, NC; drafted 8th round 2022 from Western Carolina, MLB debut August 13, 2024, known for elite control and a five-pitch arsenal.
Zeboi mekhr
Zeboi mekhr (Зебои мехр) is a small entertainment center in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, whose name means roughly "the beauty of affection" and which is also recorded under the club name PMS.
Zebra
Zebra: African striped wild equids of genus Equus, three species (plains, mountain, Grévy's). Stripes deter biting flies; Grévy's zebra is Endangered with about 3,000 left.
Zebra (China)
Zebra (China) (斑马): African striped horses in Chinese zoos, first recorded as 'huafulu' after Zheng He's voyages, first exhibited in 1907 at the Wanshengyuan (Beijing Zoo precursor); plains zebras are now bred at Chengdu, Zhengzhou, and other Chinese zoos.
Zebra (film)
Zebra (జీబ్రా) is a 2024 Telugu financial crime thriller directed by Eashvar Karthic, starring Satyadev and Daali Dhananjaya; released 22 November 2024, streaming on Aha from 18 December 2024.
Zebra body myopathy
Zebra body myopathy (ORPHA:97240) is an extremely rare benign congenital myopathy with neonatal hypotonia and weakness, fewer than ten reported cases, zebra-body inclusions on muscle biopsy, and ACTA1 mutations implicated.
Zebra Capital Partners
Zebra Capital Partners is a Cayman Islands-based private equity fund platform investing primarily in China, founded by Chenchao Zhuang, Yilu Zhao, and Yongqiang Wu in 2016.
Zebra crossing
A zebra crossing is an unsignalised pedestrian crossing marked with alternating black and white stripes, giving pedestrians legal precedence over vehicles; it originated in the United Kingdom in 1951.
Zebra finch
Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), a small Australian estrildid songbird and premier model for vocal learning neuroscience; males learn song from fathers during a critical period; second bird genome sequenced; IUCN Least Concern.
Zebra Logistics (Banma Logistics)
Zebra Logistics (斑马物联网), also known as Banma Logistics or 360Zebra, is a Chinese cross-border e-commerce logistics company founded by Zhong Liangna around 2009, which raised a $100 million Series C in 2018.
Zebra murders
The Zebra murders were racially motivated random killings of white victims in San Francisco, October 1973 to April 1974, by a group called the Death Angels; four men, Cooks, Green, Moore, and Simon, were convicted and sentenced to life.
Zebra mussel
Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), small striped freshwater bivalve native to the Caspian and Black Sea region; invaded the Great Lakes via 1980s ship ballast water, clogging intakes and displacing native species.
Zebra optimization algorithm
The zebra optimization algorithm (ZOA), also known as zebra optimization, is a nature-inspired metaheuristic mimicking zebra foraging and anti-predator behavior, introduced in IEEE Access in 2022.
Zebra Puzzle
The Zebra Puzzle, also called Einstein's Riddle, is a logic puzzle first published in 1962 in which solvers match five houses with colors, drinks, and pets by deduction.
Zebra Run
Zebra Run (斑马快跑) was a Chinese mobility startup founded in Wuhan in 2015 that offered ride-hailing, buses, and freight before entering bankruptcy reorganization in 2020.
Zebra spider
Zebra spider (Salticus scenicus), a small Holarctic jumping spider with black-and-white striped abdomen; webless visual hunter of flies on sunny walls, native to Europe, introduced in North America.
Zebra Technologies
Zebra Technologies Corporation, formerly Data Specialties, is an American company in Lincolnshire, Illinois, known for barcode scanners, RFID readers, thermal printers, and rugged mobile computers.
Zebrafish
Zebrafish (Danio rerio), a small striped South Asian freshwater fish, is a premier vertebrate model organism: transparent embryos, 200–300 eggs weekly, ~70% human disease gene homologs, sequenced GRCz11 genome, and over 1,000 laboratories using it.
Zebrahead
Zebrahead: Orange County, California punk-rap band formed 1996 in La Habra, also called zebra rock. Known for rap verses over pop-punk choruses, nine studio albums, an Oricon foreign-chart No. 1, and eight Summer Sonic appearances.
Zebroid
Zebroid: any hybrid of a zebra with another equine, also called zorse (zebra-horse) or zonkey/zedonk (zebra-donkey). Usually sterile due to mismatched chromosome counts; used for draft, riding, and display.
Zebrzydowski rebellion
The Zebrzydowski rebellion (Polish: Rokosz Zebrzydowskiego), also called the Sandomierz rebellion, was a 1606–1609 revolt of Polish–Lithuanian nobles led by Mikołaj Zebrzydowski against King Sigismund III Vasa.