epithelial to mesenchymal transition
id: GO:0001837
name: epithelial to mesenchymal transition
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: A transition where an epithelial cell loses apical/basolateral polarity, severs intercellular adhesive junctions, degrades basement membrane components and becomes a migratory mesenchymal cell.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0003347 | epicardial cell to mesenchymal cell transition |
| GO:0014029 | neural crest formation |
| GO:0060317 | cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition |
| GO:0060809 | mesodermal to mesenchymal transition involved in gastrulation |
| GO:0060886 | clearance of cells from fusion plate by epithelial to mesenchymal transition |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0000904 | cell morphogenesis involved in differentiation |
