Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for tracking an object capable of being used at a sporting event. The object has a unique identifier that is capable of being read by a scanning device. The system provides recording devices and event tracking devices for recording and detailing events occurring with the object, players possessing the object, time and location of the object and other information associated with the object and the sporting event. A database is provided for storing the information and the unique identifier. The database is searchable to locate the information.

Abstract: Rbx1, an evolutionarily conserved Cullin-interacting RING-H2 finger protein, has been discovered. Mammalian Rbx1 has been identified as a component of the CUL2-containing VHL complex. An Rbx1 homolog from S. cerevisiae has also been identified as a subunit and activator of the Cdc53-containing SCFCdc4 ubiquitin ligase required for ubiquitination of the cdk inhibitor Sic1 and for the G1/S cell cycle transition in yeast, providing a link between the multiprotein VHL tumor suppressor complex and cellular ubiquitination. The Rbx1 protein acts as a cellular marker useful (1) in detecting a possible predisposition to certain carcinomas, (2) as a molecular target for treating those carcinomas therapeutically, (3) as a target for inhibition by drugs that manipulate the growth of cells, and (4) as a research tool to better understand the various complex mechanisms of cell ubiquitination, binding of certain activator proteins, fibronectin deposition and other aspects of the cellular division process.