BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TRANSPOSON TN5401 AND ITS USE IN A SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION SYSTEM FOR BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS STRAIN DEVELOPMENT

摘要

A transposable element, or transposon, isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) and designated as transposon Tn5401. The inventionalso includes a method of using this transposon in a site-specific recombination system for construction of recombinant B.t. strains thatcontain insecticidal B.t. toxin protein genes and that are free of DNA not native to B.t..