Ready-to-use ELISA kits are available for the detection of MacMARCKS, an alias of the protein, MARCKS like 1. The official gene symbol is MARCKSL1. The kits can detect several species variants of the protein, including: human and bovine. The protein, with a mass of 19.5 kDa and length of 195 residues, is reported to be cytoplasmic and membrane-associated. It is a member of the MARCKS family and may be known by other names, including: MLP1, MACMARCKS, macrophage myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate, mac-MARCKS, MARCKS-like protein 1, and MARCKS-related protein.