Patent ID: 8859205

Claim:
A reaction mixture comprising: a hybrid polymerase, wherein said polymerase comprises a polymerase domain and a heterologous DNA binding domain; an additive selected from the group consisting of sarcosine and heparin, in a sufficient amount to improve efficiency of the amplification reaction by at least 10% compared to a reaction mixture lacking the additive, and an antibody that is specific for the hybrid polymerase, wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region, wherein the variable regions comprise complementary determining regions (CDRs), wherein: (a) the heavy chain variable region CDRs comprise SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:23, and SEQ ID NO:24, and the light chain variable region CDRs comprise SEQ ID NO:25, SEQ ID NO:26, and SEQ ID NO:27; or (b) the heavy chain variable region CDRs comprise SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:29, and SEQ ID NO:30, and the light chain variable region CDRs comprise SEQ ID NO:31, SEQ ID NO:32, and SEQ ID NO:33; or (c) the heavy chain variable region CDRs comprise SEQ ID NO:34, SEQ ID NO:35, and SEQ ID NO:36, and the light chain variable region CDRs comprise SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:38, and SEQ ID NO:39.