Ready-to-use ELISA kits are available for the detection of ankyrin 1, erythroid, an alias of the protein, ankyrin 1. The official gene symbol is ANK1. The protein, with a mass of 206.3 kDa and length of 1881 residues, is reported to be cytoplasmic. It may be known by other names, including: erythrocyte ankyrin, ankyrin-R, ankyrin 1 erythrocytic, and ANK-1.