FIG. 2.

Bim proteins and predicted amino acid sequences of human Bim variants (the BH3 domain is underlined). The names of the new variants were assigned by reference to the domain junctions. The novel exon (5a), identified in the human Bim gene, is present in BimAD, BimACD, and BimABCD (short product LEK). Termination codon positions are indicated (∗) according to the reading frame predicted by the junction between exons 5 and 5a. The short product (GIFE) in BimAC, BimABC, and BimA comes from a translational frameshift due to the junction between exons 4 and 6 or 2 and 6.