part of DNA-templated transcription termination cellular homeostasis recycling of RNA polymerase https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/30189 2025-06-24T09:47:51Z The process of freeing aborted or stalled RNA polymerase (RNAP), which dissociates it from nucleic acids and allows RNAP to reinitiate another transcription cycle. The freed mRNA is not used for further transcription. GO:0140182 biological_process pg