Term Name: RNA catabolic process
Synonyms: RNA breakdown, RNA catabolism, RNA degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of RNA, ribonucleic acid, one of the two main type of nucleic acid, consisting of a long, unbranched macromolecule formed from ribonucleotides joined in 3',5'-phosphodiester linkage.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006401]   QuickGO   AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: macromolecule catabolic process nucleobase-containing compound catabolic process RNA metabolic process
has subtype: DNA replication, removal of RNA primer mitochondrial RNA catabolic process mRNA catabolic process ncRNA catabolic process polyadenylation-dependent RNA catabolic process pre-mRNA catabolic process RNA surveillance rRNA catabolic process
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of RNA catabolic process
positively regulated by: RNA destabilization
regulated by: regulation of RNA stability