ChIP was performed as previously described [29 (link)]. Briefly, cells were fixed for 15-minutes in RMPI-1640 media containing 10% FBS and 1% Formaldehyde, and fixation quenched through addition of Glycine (final concentration 0.125M). Fixed cells were lysed and chromatin sheared to a size of 100–500 bp. ChIP was performed using 5µg of an anti-ZEB1 antibody (Santa Cruz, Cat# sc-25388X). As a negative control, normal rabbit IgG (Cell Signaling Technology, Cat# 2729S) was used. Input samples were generated by taking the supernatant of the normal rabbit IgG immunoprecipitation. Input and ChIP samples were subjected to qPCR in sextuplet using primers against an E-box near the transcriptional start site of BCL2L11 (Forward: cgggaggctagggtaca, Reverse: caggctcggacaggtaaag), or against an E-box near the 5’-end of Exon 2 of BCL2L11 (Forward: ctaaccccgggaagtcagag, Reverse: agggtacccccaaacaaaat).