| Name: | epithelial to mesenchymal transition |
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| Synonyms: | EMT, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, mesenchymal cell differentiation from epithelial cell |
| Definition: | A transition where an 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:0001837] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | delayed |
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| Synonyms: | late |
| Definition: | A quality of a process which starts later than the natural start time or the reference process. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000502] |