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Schematic depicting the formation of a cylindrical membrane tether (nanotube) from a bilayer membrane by an atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilever tip. The cylinder has no Gaussian curvature because one principal curvature is positive while the other is zero (flat). The membrane tether is composed mainly of phospholipids derived from the membrane.
