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The authors are indebted to the patient and her family for willingness to participate in our research. MCAS was supported by a grant from CAPES/PDSE/8888.1/188484/2018-01. EHB was supported by National Institutes of Health grant DK68634, the Edward Evans Foundation, and the Carbone Cancer Center P30CA014520.
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MCAS analyzed clinical and sequencing data and wrote the manuscript; KRK performed genetic rescue analyses, analyzed data, and edited the manuscript; CM modeled zinc finger structure and edited the manuscript; EDRPV, EHB, and LAG reviewed the data and wrote the manuscript.
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Cavalcante de Andrade Silva, M., Katsumura, K.R., Mehta, C. et al. Breaking the spatial constraint between neighboring zinc fingers: a new germline mutation in GATA2 deficiency syndrome. Leukemia 35, 264–268 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-020-0820-2
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