FIGURE 1.
Mouse Bcl11 predicted protein isoforms. (A) Alternative splicing of Bcl11a leads to four isoforms containing 1, 3, or 6 C2H2 zinc-finger domains required for DNA-binding. Exon 1 and 2 are common to all but the Bcl11a-XS isoform containing the NuRD interacting domain and a C2HC zinc-finger domain involved in protein-protein interaction. (B) Alternative splicing of Bcl11b results in three isoforms containing either all four exons or lacking exon 3 or exon 2 and 3. All Bcl11b isoforms contain the C2H2 zinc-finger domains and NuRD interacting domain. Bcl11b isoform a and b retain the C2HC zinc-finger domain which is missing in isoform c.