GO:0060809

mesodermal to mesenchymal transition involved in gastrulation

Details: 
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. [GOC:dph, GOC:sdb_2009, GOC:tb]
Evidence Code: 
IMP