... splicing inhibition by tetracycline is n egligible (Fig. 2). The sixfold stron ger splicing inhibition by Cl-tetracycline may be explained by the a dditional s ize and hydrophobicity introduced by thesubstitution, ... [31].RESULTSErythromycin, Cl-tetracycline and streptomycin inhibit nuclear splicing in vitro The effects of eight different antibiotics (the aminoglycoside,kanamycin, the a minocyclitol glycoside, streptomycin, ... RNA by 9%only (lane 3). T he other three antibiotics, Cl -tetracycline,streptomycin and erythromycin, are clearly inhibitors of nuclear pre-mRNA splicing, as indicated by a largereduction in...