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Bcl-11a genes play crucial roles in lymphopoiesis and influence the progression of hematopoietic malignancies. Disruption of the Bcl-11b locus is linked to T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and the loss of heterozygosity in mice results in T cell lymphoma. Bcl-11 proteins are related C2H2 zinc-finger transcription factors that act as transcriptional repressors. Bcl-11b can interact with the metastasis-associated proteins MTA1 and MTA2 through the amino-terminal region. Bcl-11a is essential for postnatal development and normal lymphopoiesis. The Bcl-11a mouse gene is a common site of retroviral integration in myeloid leukemia, and may function as a leukemia disease gene, in part, through its interaction with Bcl-6.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Nucleus
Synonyms: B cell CLL/lymphoma 11A zinc finger protein, B cell CLL/lymphoma 11A zinc finger protein isoform 2, B cell CLL/lymphoma 11A, B cell lymphoma/leukaemia 11A, B-cell CLL/lymphoma 11A, B-cell lymphoma/leukemia 11A, BC11A_HUMAN, BCL 11A, BCL-11A, BCL11A, BCL11A B cell CLL/lymphoma 11A zinc finger protein isoform 1, BCL11A L, BCL11A S, BCL11A XL, BCL11AL, BCL11AS, BCL11AXL, C2H2 type zinc finger protein, COUP TF interacting protein 1, COUP-TF-interacting protein 1, Ctip 1, CTIP1, Ecotropic viral integration site 9, Ecotropic viral integration site 9 homolog, Ecotropic viral integration site 9 protein, Ecotropic viral integration site 9 protein homolog, Evi 9, EVI-9, Evi9, FLJ10173, FLJ34997, HBFQTL5, KIAA1809, Zinc finger protein 856, ZNF856.
Target Information: This gene encodes a C2H2 type zinc-finger protein by its similarity to the mouse Bcl11a/Evi9 protein. The corresponding mouse gene is a common site of retroviral integration in myeloid leukemia, and may function as a leukemia disease gene, in part, through its interaction with BCL6. During hematopoietic cell differentiation, this gene is down-regulated. It is possibly involved in lymphoma pathogenesis since translocations associated with B-cell malignancies also deregulates its expression. Multiple transcript variants encoding several different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]