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AFFINITY SEPARATION K. Jones, Affinity Chromatography Ltd, Freeport, Ballsalla, Isle of Man, UK Copyright ^ 2000 Academic Press
Introduction Of the collection of separation technologies known as ‘afRnity’, afRnity chromatography is by far the most widely used variant. AfRnity chromatography is becoming increasingly important as the speed of the revolution taking place in biotechnology processing increases. The concept of an ‘afRnity’ separation results from a naturally occurring phenomenon existing within all biological macromolecules. Each biological macromolecule contains a unique set of intermolecular binding forces, existing throughout its internal and external