title: Affinity chromatography: a useful tool in proteomics studies.
abstract: Separation or fractionation of a biological sample in order to reduce its complexity is often a prerequisite to qualitative or quantitative proteomic approaches. Affinity chromatography is an efficient protein separation method based on the interaction between target proteins and specific immobilized ligands. The large range of available ligands allows to separate a complex biological extract in different protein classes or to isolate the low abundance species such as post-translationally modified proteins. This method plays an essential role in the isolation of protein complexes and in the identification of protein-protein interaction networks. Affinity chromatography is also required for quantification of protein expression by using isotope-coded affinity tags.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Générale (CP: 609), Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Erasme, 808, route de Lennik, B-1070 Bruxelles, Belgium.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azarkan
authors.forename: Joëlle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huet
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baeyens-Volant
authors.forename: Yvan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Looze
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vandenbussche
mesh_terms: D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000379:methods*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D007553:Isotope Labeling; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins