In the presence of low intracellular iron, the binding of iron regulatory protein (IRP) to iron response elements (IREs) present on the ferritin mRNA ____
A) ?results in a decrease in ferritin abundance
B) ?results in an increase in ferritin abundance
C) ?occurs only when intracellular iron concentrations are high
D) ?does not occur
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