So if you think of naturally occurring CRISPR proteins as molecular scissors, you can think of base editors as pencils, capable of directly rewriting one DNA letter into another by actually rearranging the atoms of one DNA base to instead become a different base.
Si consideramos a las proteínas naturales de CRISPR como tijeras moleculares, podemos considerar a los editores de bases como lápices capaces de reemplazar una letra de ADN por otra al reacomodar los átomos de una base de ADN y volverla así una base diferente.