Ready-to-use ELISA kits are available for the detection of Alp-2, an alias of the protein, apolipoprotein A2. The official gene symbol is APOA2. The kits can detect several species variants of the protein, including: human, mouse, rat, bovine, chicken, primate, guinea pig, and other mammalian. The protein, with a mass of 11.2 kDa and length of 100 residues, is reported to be secreted. It is a member of the Apolipoprotein A2 family and may be known by other names, including: apoAII, ApoA-II, Apo-AII, and apolipoprotein A-II.