The interactions of a number of aminoglycoside antibiotics with tRNA and DN
A were studied by an HPLC method, based on tRNA and DNA peak size exclusion
. Among the compounds studied (deoxystreptamine. neamine, neomycin B, kanam
ycin A, gentamicin A, netilmicin. streptomycin, and the synthetic neamine a
nalogue BKN3), neomycin B and the synthetic analogue of neamine were proved
to be the most potent binders, (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights r
eserved.