affinity reagent

noun

An antibody, peptide, nucleic acid, or other small molecule that specifically binds to a larger target molecule in order to identify, track, capture, or influence its activity.

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Meanings

nounaffinity reagent (plural affinity reagents)

plural affinity reagents

  1. biochemistryAn antibody, peptide, nucleic acid, or other small molecule that specifically binds to a larger target molecule in order to identify, track, capture, or influence its activity.

    Finally, the recovery of the target protein should be attempted by washing with a suitable eluant so that the target protein dissociates from the affinity reagent.

    1994, G. Street, chapter 2, in Highly selective separations in biotechnology, →ISBN, page 10
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