Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process

epithelial to mesenchymal transition involved in cardiac fibroblast development

Term ID
GO:0060940
Synonyms
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.
References
Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
Relationships
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Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes