Table 1.

RNA-binding protein consensus motifs and target transcript characteristics

RNA-bindingprotein	Binding motif(s)	Predominant regions of binding within target transcripts
FMRP	WGGA, GACR and TAY; G-quadruplex	Coding regions and 3’ UTR in a subset of transcripts
RBFOX1	(U)GCAUG	Introns and 3’ UTR
TDP-43	UG repeats; G-quadruplex	Introns; 3’ UTR and 5’UTR
FUS	GGUG; G-quadruplex	Introns; 3’UTR