What term describes the ability of a cell to go through numerous cycles of cell division while maintaining the undifferentiated state ?
" DNMT3A " and " DNMT3B " have both been linked to a role in the establishment of DNA methylation pattern in the early development of the stem cell , whereas " DNMT1 " is required to methylate a newly synthesized strand of DNA after the cell has undergone replication in order to sustain the epigenetic regulatory state .