Patent ID: 7642054

Claim:
An assay for detecting the presence of a STEAP-2 polynucleotide in normal prostate tissue, comprising (a) contacting the normal prostate sample with a polynucleotide probe which specifically hybridizes to a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of (i) a polynucleotide having the sequence as shown in FIG. 9 (SEQ ID NO:7), wherein T can also be U; and (ii) a polynucleotide encoding a STEAP-2 protein comprising the amino acid sequence shown in FIG. 9 (SEQ ID NO:8), or to its complement, and (b) detecting the presence of a hybridization complex formed by the hybridization of the probe with STEAP-2 polynucleotide in the sample, wherein the presence of the hybridization complex indicates the presence of STEAP-2 polynucleotide within the sample.