Figure 6. Exon-level mRNA expression of ZEB1 in DA and PVG.1AV1 lymph nodes 7 days p.i.

A) Exon-level expression of ZEB1 demonstrate that exon 4 had lower expression compared to all other exons. B) Schematic illustration of the splice variants Zfhep1 and Zfhep2 of rat ZEB1 based on mRNA sequence. Exon 4 is specific for the Zfhep1 variant. White boxes represent untranslated exons, light grey boxes represent splice variant-specific exons or sequences and dark grey boxes represent shared exons. C) Schematic illustration of the protein structure of Zfhep1 and Zfhep2 based on amino acid sequence. Zinc finger 1 and part of zinc finger 2 are spliced out of Zfhep2.