SCIENCE FIELD NOTEBOOK · B01

Know Your Cell City

Cell City lessons

Your goal: match four cell structures to their jobs, find them on the map, then trace how a protein is exported.

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Find the cooperating parts

Match a job to reveal its landmark.

Four landmarks for one protein-export route. Pale blocks represent other cell structures.

How is this different from a real cell?

These are designated locations in the game. Real cells have no fixed city addresses or paved roads. The map simplifies sizes, distances and a changing, three-dimensional cell. The export dock marks one site on the surrounding cell membrane.