Term Name: endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition
Synonyms:
Definition: A transition where an endocardial cushion cell loses apical/basolateral polarity, severs intercellular adhesive junctions, degrades basement membrane components and becomes a migratory mesenchymal cell.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0090500]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition
has subtype: endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition involved in heart valve formation
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition
positively regulated by: positive regulation of endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition
regulated by: regulation of endocardial cushion to mesenchymal transition