%0 Journal Article %A Toriyama, Shigemitsu %A Guy, Paul Leslie %A Fuji, Shin-ichi %A Takahashi, Mami %T Characterization of a new picorna-like virus, himetobi P virus, in planthoppers %D 1992 %J Journal of General Virology, %V 73 %N 4 %P 1021-1023 %@ 1465-2099 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-73-4-1021 %I Microbiology Society, %X Picorna-like virus particles, 29 nm in diameter, were purified from apparently healthy Laodelphax striatellus Fallen. The virus particles had a buoyant density of 1.352 g/ml in CsCl and a sedimentation coefficient of 161 s. The virus capsid proteins consisted of three major polypeptides of M rs 36500, 33000 and 28000, and three minor polypeptides. The virus contained a major ssRNA of M r 2.8 × 106 and was also frequently associated with a minor dsRNA of M r 4×106. The 3′ end of the ssRNA had a poly(A) tract of about 60 adenine residues. The virus has been provisionally named himetobi P virus. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-73-4-1021