Ready-to-use ELISA kits are available for the detection of CIDE3, an alias of the protein, cell death inducing DFFA like effector c. The official gene symbol is CIDEC. The protein, with a mass of 26.8 kDa and length of 238 residues, is reported to be nuclear. It may be known by other names, including: FSP27, CIDE3, CIDE-3, fat specific protein 27, and cell death activator CIDE-3.