Anti-villin like antibodies are used in the immunodetection of the protein encoded by the VILL gene. In humans, the canonical protein has a reported length of 856 amino acid residues and a mass of 95.9 kDa. Alternative splicing is reported to yield 2 different isoforms for this protein. It is widely expressed across many tissue types. The villin like protein is a member of the Villin/gelsolin protein family. Other names for this target antigen include villin-like protein.