Ready-to-use ELISA kits are available for the detection of tubulin, alpha 1a, an alias of the protein, tubulin alpha 1a. The official gene symbol is TUBA1A. The protein, with a mass of 50.1 kDa and length of 451 residues, is reported to be cytoplasmic. It is a member of the Tubulin family and may be known by other names, including: B-ALPHA-1, tubulin alpha brain-specific, tubulin B-alpha-1, hum-a-tub2, hum-a-tub1, and tubulin alpha-1A chain, and TUBA3.