Paul J Pfaffinger, Ph.D.
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Paul J Pfaffinger, Ph.D.
Wilhelmina Robertson Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience
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Positions
- Wilhelmina Robertson Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience
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Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
- Professor and Chair
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Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
Addresses
- BCM-Smith Medical Research Bldg (Office)
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Room: BCMS-S630A
Houston, TX 77030
United States
- BCM-Smith Medical Research Bldg (Lab)
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Room: BCMS-S630A
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Education
- B.S. from Loyola Marymount University
- 01/1981 - Los Angeles, CA United States
- Ph.D. from University Of Washington
- 01/1987 - Seattle, WA United States
- Advanced Training from Columbia University
- 01/1990 - New York, NY United States
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Selected Publications
- Nadin BM, Pfaffinger PJ "A New TASK for Dipeptidyl Peptidase-like Protein 6.." PLoS ONE. 2013;8(4):e60831. Pubmed PMID: 23593319
- Prince A, Pfaffinger PJ "Conserved N-Terminal Negative Charges Support Optimally Efficient N-type Inactivation of Kv1 Channels.." PLoS ONE. 2013;8(4):e62695. Pubmed PMID: 23638135
- Nadin BM, Pfaffinger PJ "Dipeptidyl peptidase-like protein 6 is required for normal electrophysiological properties of cerebellar granule cells.." J. Neurosci.. 2010 Jun 23;30(25):8551-65. Pubmed PMID: 20573902
- Jerng HH, Lauver AD, Pfaffinger PJ "DPP10 splice variants are localized in distinct neuronal populations and act to differentially regulate the inactivation properties of Kv4-based ion channels.." Mol. Cell. Neurosci.. 2007 Aug;35(4):604-24. Pubmed PMID: 17475505
- Jerng HH, Pfaffinger PJ "Multiple Kv channel-interacting proteins contain an N-terminal transmembrane domain that regulates Kv4 channel trafficking and gating.." J. Biol. Chem.. 2008 Dec 19;283(51):36046-59. Pubmed PMID: 18957440
- Jerng HH, Dougherty K, Covarrubias M, Pfaffinger PJ "A novel N-terminal motif of dipeptidyl peptidase-like proteins produces rapid inactivation of K(V)4.2 channels by a pore-blocking mechanism.." Channels (Austin). 2009 Nov;3(6):448-61. Pubmed PMID: 19901547
- Jerng HH, Pfaffinger PJ "Incorporation of DPP6a and DPP6K Variants in Ternary Kv4 Channel Complex Reconstitutes Properties of A-type K Current in Rat Cerebellar Granule Cells.." PLoS ONE. 2012;7(6):e38205. Pubmed PMID: 22675523
- Prince-Carter A, Pfaffinger PJ "Multiple intermediate states precede pore block during N-type inactivation of a voltage-gated potassium channel.." J. Gen. Physiol.. 2009 Jul;134(1):15-34. Pubmed PMID: 19528261
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