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Published in final edited form as: J Phys Condens Matter. 2018 May 22;30(27):273001. doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/aac702

(A) Equilibrium configurations of a membrane patch, with κ = 10 k_BT, σ = 0, $C_{0} = 0.8 a_{0}^{- 1}, ε^{2} = 2.3 a_{0}^{2}$ , for number of protein fields n_P = 4, 12 and 18. Tubular protrusions are stabilized on the membrane surface for n_P ≥ 12. (B) P(H), the distribution of mean curvature H for the membrane surfaces displayed in panel (A).