Term Name: endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition
Synonyms:
Definition: A transition where an endocardial cushion cell loses apical/basolateral polarity, severs intercellular adhesive junctions, degrades basement membrane components and becomes a migratory mesenchymal cell.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0090500]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition
has subtype: endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition involved in cardiac skeleton development endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition involved in heart chamber septation endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition involved in heart valve formation
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition
positively regulated by: positive regulation of endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition
regulated by: regulation of endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition