DNA catabolic process
The cellular DNA metabolic process resulting in the breakdown of DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, one of the two main types of nucleic acid, consisting of a long unbranched macromolecule formed from one or two strands of linked deoxyribonucleotides, the 3'-phosphate group of each constituent deoxyribonucleotide being joined in 3',5'-phosphodiester linkage to the 5'-hydroxyl group of the deoxyribose moiety of the next one.
GO:0006259
DNA metabolic process
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GO:0141188
nucleic acid catabolic process
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DNA breakdown
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DNA catabolism
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DNA degradation
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