... 2). The sixfold stron gersplicing inhibition by Cl-tetracycline may be explained by the a dditional s ize and hydrophobicity introduced by the substitution, as is often the case in ribozyme inhibition ... aminoglycoside,kanamycin, the a minocyclitol glycoside, streptomycin, t hepenicillins, ampicillin and penicillin G, the aminocyclitol,spectinomycin, tetracycline and Cl-tetracycline, and the macrolide, erythromycin) ... with the binding o f the functional sub strate.Type-II binding sites are the central metal ion -binding pock-ets i n the catalytic cores of ribozymes. In type-II binding sites the aminoglycosides...