epithelial to mesenchymal transition
A transition where an epithelial cell loses apical/basolateral polarity, severs intercellular adhesive junctions, degrades basement membrane components and becomes a migratory mesenchymal cell.
GO:0048762
mesenchymal cell differentiation
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EMT
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epithelial-mesenchymal transition
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mesenchymal cell differentiation from epithelial cell
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