Ready-to-use ELISA kits are available for the detection of BANF, an alias of the protein, neurofibromin 2. The official gene symbol is NF2. The protein, with a mass of 69.7 kDa and length of 595 residues, is reported to be cytoplasmic and nuclear. It may be known by other names, including: schwannomin, schwannomerlin, moesin-ezrin-radizin-like protein, moesin-ezrin-radixin-like protein, moesin-ezrin-radixin like, and merlin, and SCH.