endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition involved in heart valve formation

id: GO:0003199
name: endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition involved in heart valve formation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A transition where an endocardial cushion cell loses apical/basolateral polarity, severs intercellular adhesive junctions, degrades basement membrane components and becomes a migratory mesenchymal cell that will contribute to the formation of a cardiac valve.

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