A plant Bcl-2-associated athanogene is proteolytically activated to confer fungal resistance

April 16, 2016

This article comments on work published by Li et al. (Plant Cell, 2016), which focuses on the role of Bcl-2-associated athanogene 6 (BAG6) in plant innate immunity, showing that BAG6 plays a key role in basal plant defense against fungal pathogens.