Term Name: | epithelial to mesenchymal transition involved in cardiac fibroblast development |
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Definition: | A transition where an epicardial cell loses apical/basolateral polarity, severs intercellular adhesive junctions, degrades basement membrane components and becomes a migratory mesenchymal cell that will mature into a cardiac fibroblast. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0060940] QuickGO AmiGO |