| id | GO:0001837 Detailed information
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| name | epithelial to mesenchymal transition
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "A transition where an epithelial cell loses apical/basolateral polarity, severs intercellular adhesive junctions, degrades basement membrane components and becomes a migratory mesenchymal cell." [GOC:dph, PMID:14701881]
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| synonym | "EMT" EXACT []
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| synonym | "epithelial-mesenchymal transition" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0000904 ! cell morphogenesis involved in differentiation
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| relationship | part_of GO:0014031 ! mesenchymal cell development
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