Patent ID: 8057996

Claim:
A method for detecting, in a sample, the presence of a 202P5A5 mRNA, comprising the steps of: producing cDNA from the sample by reverse transcription using at least one primer; amplifying the cDNA so produced using sense and antisense primers to amplify a 202P5A5 cDNA that encodes the amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the cDNA consists of residues 29-1858 of SEQ ID NO: 2, with or without the stop codon, wherein the nucleotide at each of positions 138 and 1269 is G and the nucleotide at each of positions 1288 and 1662 is A, and the nucleotide at position 1552 is A or G; and detecting the presence of the amplified 202P5A5 cDNA, thereby detecting the presence of a 202P5A5 mRNA.