Does anyone work on caspase-8 null/knockout cell lines ?

01 January 2018 1 6K Report

I am in need of a cell line which is deficient in caspase-8 gene. Please let me know if anyone has it? or any details regarding the particular cell line.

Puneeta Bathla

Thanks a lot Chunlin Huang! :)

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