GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006308 - DNA catabolic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0006308
- Name
- DNA catabolic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- 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.
