What is the role of ligands in affinity chromatography?

 Points on role of ligands in affinity chromatography are:

• Ligands reduce the number of purification steps required to isolate target molecules.
• Ligands with high selectivity allow early purification stages to produce cleaner target fractions.
• Ligands are associated with shorter affinity purification workflows when selectivity is high.

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