Natural Phenomena Named After Frank Zappa
(just a bit of fun for a Thursday)
"There is nothing I'd like better than having a jellyfish named after me"
[FZ, quoted in a letter from Gail Zappa to Ferdinando Boero, June 29,1983]
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/jellyfish.html
The ZapA from the Black Lagoon
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/ZapA.html
"A Fish Called Zappa"
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/fish.html
Spider of Destiny
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/spider.html
The Planet Zappafrank
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/asteroid.html
ZapA (Proteus mirabilis)
The following chart shows the relationship between ZapA and other members of the serralysin family of zinc mettaloproteases, including those of the infamous E. coli:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/science.html
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