Correction to: Nature Biotechnology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0592-2, published online 20 July 2020.

In the version of this article initially published online, the editorial summary, “New base editors change C to A in bacteria and C to G in mammalian cells,” was used as the title. The correct title is “Glycosylase base editors enable C-to-A and C-to-G base changes.” The error has been corrected in the print, PDF and HTML versions of the article.