mesodermal to mesenchymal transition involved in gastrulation
id: GO:0060809
name: mesodermal to mesenchymal transition involved in gastrulation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The epithelial to mesenchymal transition process in which a mesodermal cell loses apical/basolateral polarity, severs intercellular adhesive junctions, degrades basement membrane components and becomes a migratory mesenchymal cell as part of the process of gastrulation.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0001837 | epithelial to mesenchymal transition |
GO:0048598 | embryonic morphogenesis |