The story of vitamin D: from vitamin to hormone.

Animals Bone and Bones/metabolism Calcium/metabolism Cell Nucleus/metabolism Cells/drug effects Cholecalciferol/biosynthesis Disasters Ergocalciferols/isolation & purification History, 20th Century Hydroxycholecalciferols/isolation & purification,therapeutic use Intestinal Absorption/drug effects Intestines/cytology Kidney/cytology Molecular Conformation Protein Biosynthesis RNA, Messenger/pharmacology Rabbits Vitamin D/analysis,biosynthesis,metabolism,pharmacology,physiology

Ergocalciferols Hydroxycholecalciferols RNA, Messenger Vitamin D Cholecalciferol Calcium