Bacillus thuringiensis transposon TN5401
US5441884A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 8, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/75
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A transposable element, or transposon, isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) and designated as transposon Tn5401. The invention also includes a method of using this transposon in a site-specific recombination system for construction of recombinant B.t. strains that contain insecticidal B.t. toxin protein genes and that are free of DNA not native to B.t.
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