Centrifugation Techniques

David Rickwood, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002704

Centrifugation is the use of the centrifugal forces generated in a spinning rotor to separate biological molecules primarily on the basis of either their size or their density.

Keywords: centrifuge; pelleting; isopycnic; rate-zonal; gradient media; sucrose; CsCl; Nycodenz; Optiprep; Percoll

 Further Reading
    book Fisher D, Francis GE and Rickwood D (1998) Cell Separation: A Practical Approach. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    book Graham JM and Rickwood D (1997) Subcellular Fractionation: A Practical Approach. Oxford: IRL Press at OUP.
    book Rickwood D (1984) Centrifugation: A Practical Approach, 2nd edn. Oxford: IRL Press at OUP.
    book Rickwood D (1992) Preparative Centrifugation: A Practical Approach. Oxford: IRL Press at OUP.

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Rickwood, David(Apr 2001) Centrifugation Techniques. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002704]