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: nucleic acid catabolic process RNA metabolic process
has subtype: 21U-RNA catabolic process DNA replication, removal of RNA primer lncRNA catabolic process miRNA catabolic process mitochondrial RNA catabolic process mRNA catabolic process polyadenylation-dependent RNA catabolic process pre-mRNA catabolic process RNA fragment catabolic process RNA surveillance rRNA catabolic process siRNA catabolic process sno(s)RNA catabolic process snRNA catabolic process tRNA decay
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of RNA catabolic process
positively regulated by: RNA destabilization
regulated by: regulation of RNA stability