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Obsolete Term Information

Accession
GO:0034588
Name
obsolete piRNA catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
Piwi-associated RNA catabolic process, piRNA breakdown, piRNA catabolism, piRNA degradation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
OBSOLETE. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of piRNAs, Piwi-associated RNAs, a class of 24- to 30-nucleotide RNA derived from repeat or complex DNA sequence elements and processed by a Dicer-independent mechanism. Source: GOC:kmv
Comment
This term has been obsoleted because there is no evidence for a specific pathway for piRNA degradation.
History
See term history for GO:0034588 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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