A modified virus including one or more non-native polypeptides, and the
use of such viruses in therapy, particularly in the treatment of tumours
or other cancerous cells are disclosed. The polypeptides includes one or
more framework moieties each containing one or more binding moieties, and
is capable of being expressed in the cytoplasm and nucleus of a mammalian
host cell in a conformation which is maintained in the absence of a
ligand for the binding moieties. The conformation allows the binding
moieties subsequently to bind with the ligand, and the polypeptide is
capable of transport through the nuclear membrane, wherein the modified
virus has an altered tropism conferred by the binding moieties.