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GO: Biological Process

cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition

Term ID
GO:0060317
Synonyms
  • 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)
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