Term Name: | cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition |
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Synonyms: | heart epithelial to mesenchymal transition |
Definition: | A transition where a cardiac epithelial cell loses apical/basolateral polarity, severs intercellular adhesive junctions, degrades basement membrane components and becomes a migratory mesenchymal cell. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0060317] QuickGO AmiGO |