Term Name: RNA metabolic process
Synonyms: RNA metabolism
Definition: The cellular chemical reactions and pathways involving 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:0016070]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: nucleic acid metabolic process
has subtype: 21U-RNA metabolic process antisense RNA metabolic process miRNA metabolic process mitochondrial RNA metabolic process mRNA metabolic process RNA biosynthetic process RNA catabolic process RNA decapping RNA exon ligation RNA modification RNA repair RNA replication rRNA metabolic process sno(s)RNA metabolic process snRNA metabolic process tRNA metabolic process
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of RNA metabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of RNA metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of RNA metabolic process