mesodermal to mesenchymal transition involved in gastrulation
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.
GO:0001837
epithelial to mesenchymal transition
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GO:0048598
embryonic morphogenesis
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GO:0007369
gastrulation
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