Term Name: epithelial to mesenchymal transition
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

Relationships
is a type of: mesenchymal cell differentiation
has subtype: cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition clearance of cells from fusion plate by epithelial to mesenchymal transition epicardial cell to mesenchymal cell transition mesodermal to mesenchymal transition involved in gastrulation neural crest formation
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition
positively regulated by: positive regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition
regulated by: regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition