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GO: Biological Process
cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition
- Term ID
- GO:0060317
- Synonyms
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- 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. (2)
- References
- Ontology
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Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes