A technique for efficiently introducing a foreign gene into cells with the
use of transposons. In particular, a technique for efficiently preparing
a transgenic organism with the use of a transposon having its
transposition activity strikingly enhanced through methylation of a
sequence containing the transposon. The methylation is retained even
after incorporation in a genome, and now can be utilized in actual gene
incorporation in a genome. This technique can realize strikingly
efficient gene transformation as compared with the a method of preparing
a transgenic organism with the use of conventional transposons.