endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition involved in heart chamber septation
id: GO:0003200
name: endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition involved in heart chamber septation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: A transition where an endocardial 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 the heart septum.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0060317 | cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition |