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Preparation of Unnatural Amino Acids with Ammonia-lyases and 2,3-aminomutases.- Multistep Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions for Unnatural Amino Acids.- Enzymatic Production of Enantiopure Amino Acids from Mono-substituted Hydantoin Substrates.- Preparation of Glutamate Analogues by Enzymatic Transamination.- Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Enzymes for the Synthesis of Non-natural Amino Acids.-  Engineering Cyclic Amidases for Non-natural Amino Acid Synthesis.- NMR Analysis of Unnatural Amino Acids in Natural Antibiotics.- Site-specific Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids as Probes for Protein Conformational Changes.- Application of Unnatural Amino Acids to the De novo Design of Selective Antibiotic Peptides.- Use of Unnatural Amino Acids to Probe Structure-activity Relationships and Mode-of-action of Antimicrobial Peptides.- Experimental Methods for Scanning Unnatural Amino Acid Mutagenesis.- Genetic Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids into Proteins in Yeast.- Site-specific Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids into Proteins in Mammalian Cells.- Incorporation of Unnatural Non-a-amino Acids into the N-terminus of Proteins in a Cell-free Translation System.- Site Specific Modification of Proteins by the Staudinger-phosphite Reaction.- HPLC Methods for Determination of D-aspartate and N-methyl-D-aspartate.- Estimation of Chronological Age from the Racemization Rate of L- and D-aspartic Acid: How to Completely Separate Enantiomers from Dentin.- Enzymatic Detection of D-amino Acids.- An Enzymatic-HPLC Assay to Monitor Endogenous D-serine Release from Neuronal Cultures.- Electrophysiological Analysis of the Modulation of NMDA-receptors Function by d-serine and Glycine in the Central Nervous System.- Biosensors for D-amino Acid Detection.- Analysis of D-β-aspartyl Isomers at Specific Sites in Proteins.- Nutritional Value of D-amino Acids, D-peptides and Amino Acid Derivatives in Mice.- Preparation and Assay of Recombinant Serine Racemase.- Assay of Amino AcidRacemases.- Assays of D-amino Acid Oxidases.- Enzymes Acting on D-amino Acid Containing Peptides.